although no one, for now, is arguing for a return to cash bail. Their most likely move is to push to expand the number of crimes that are eligible for pretrial detention. The Illinois State's ...

All of this has now changed in Illinois. After the Pretrial Fairness Act went into effect in September 2023, it became the first state to abolish cash bail. That move was "unprecedented," said ...

How courts are handling Illinois’ end to cash bail is the subject of two cases heard by the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday.