After a protracted legal challenge spurred on by state’s attorneys across the state challenging the end of cash bail, the ...

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 ...

Democrats have countered that the practice of cash bail release is inherently unfair, and could violate people's civil rights. On Jan. 1, Illinois became the first state to do away with cash bail ...

“The only mechanism is cash bail,” Tan said. “The federal pretrial system does have a lot more protections for criminal defendants and there’s no reason why there shouldn’t be comparable protections ...

(The Center Square) – How courts are handling Illinois’ end to cash bail is the subject of two cases heard by the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday. After a protracted legal challenge spurred on ...