SPRINGFIELD – Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, cash bail will be abolished in Illinois. The measure that will eliminate it has been on the books since early 2021, giving the justice system…
Cash-bail reforms signed into law June 9 by Gov. Bruce Rauner are a good first step, but need more strength to really affect the number of persons who are held in jail because they…
The very beginning of a defendant’s brush with the law is the time at which positive changes to court protocol can be made, according to criminal justice scholars in Cook County and…