no-cash-bail law to the ultimate test. Last year, Illinois enacted its Pretrial Fairness Act... high bonds than wealthy offenders. Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans said the county has made...
That will change on Monday in Illinois, when the state becomes the first in the US to entirely eliminate the use of cash bail. The practice, which is rare in other countries, binds a...
[9] The practice of commercial bail bonds is unlawful in the states of Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, and Wisconsin. [10] Applicable federal laws include the Excessive Bail Clause of the...
More than 200 people flooded the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday afternoon to demand an end to the use of money bail.
The L.A. County Superior Court is scaling back cash bail, but it was outclassed by the Illinois Supreme Court, which upheld legislation halting it altogether.
Southern Illinois Sheriffs Jeff Bullard and Kevin Bacon say they are concerned and discouraged by the state Supreme Court's ruling to end cash bail.
for Illinois to get rid of cash bail because it keeps people out of jail, which lowers jail administration costs. Plus, the organization has seen people die in jail while waiting for their...
Illinois on Monday became the first state in the nation to implement cashless bail, but how will the elimination of cash bail work in the state?
A law ending cash bail in the state of Illinois promises to be less punitive of poorer people, but won't help keep violent criminals off the streets.
Illinois will be the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail as of Sept. 18, and the former police chief of Riverside, Illinois, says "chaos" will likely break out.