SAFE-T Act’s end to cash bail paused by Illinois Supreme Court

By Patrick Andriesen
01/02/2023
The Illinois Supreme Court stayed a provision of the SAFE-T Act set to take effect Jan. 1 that would have eliminated cash bail statewide after a county judge ruled it would violate the state constitution. The high court said it planned an “expedited” review.

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Everything Illinoisans need to know about the SAFE-T Act

By Joe Tabor, Perry Zhao
11/18/2022
The omnibus criminal justice reform bill became highly politicized in the November elections, mixing fact and fiction. There are problems with the bill, but state lawmakers can fix them before the SAFE-T Act takes effect in January.

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