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Illinois is eliminating cash bail this year—if its supreme court lets it. In 2021, the state enacted the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act, which Paul Mauro has previously discussed in City Journal. The hastily enacted law contained a host of criminal-justice provisions ranging from the sensible to the shocking—from requiring cops to use […]
Supreme Court appeal on SAFE-T Act may have impact on civil justice, too- The focus on the order from Chief Judge Thomas W. Cunnington of the 21st Judicial Circuit, Kankakee County, striking down portions of the SAFE-T Act as unconstitutional is on the impact such a ruling will have on the criminal justice system — and how...
Illinois State Sen. Don DeWitte (R-St. Charles) is celebrating a judge’s ruling noting the unconstitutionality of the cashless bail portion of the SAFE-T Act.
DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin and Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser have filed with the Illinois Supreme Court for clarification on the SAFE-T Act, of which a large part was struck down as unconstitutional in late December.
Following Kankakee County Circuit Court Judge Thomas W. Cunnington's ruling that the pretrial release provisions of the SAFE-T Act are unconstitutional, Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement.
The Illinois Supreme Court order to maintain the status quo is a setback, but the state should continue on the road to a fairer criminal justice system.