The end of cash bail coming in Illinois
— January 26, 2021Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing “Lame Duck Look Back” series in which Capitol News Illinois is following up on the major bills that passed both chambers…
Tag: criminal justice reform
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State Supreme Court upholds 130-year sentence for juvenile offender
— October 28, 2020SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court preserved a 130-year prison sentence for a man convicted of rape and murder, Ashanti Lusby, who was 16 years old at the time of the offense….
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Advocates rally to end cash bail in Illinois
— February 28, 2020SPRINGFIELD — Criminal justice reform advocates rallied Feb. 25 at the Statehouse in hopes of making Illinois one of only a handful of states to eliminate cash bail in all or most…
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Attorney General Raoul, State’s Attorney Foxx join rally for crime victims’ services
— April 14, 2019SPRINGFIELD – Two of the state’s top prosecutors joined a rally at the Capitol on Thursday with dozens of crime victims and survivors from across Illinois, calling on lawmakers…
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Several Illinois criminal justice reform laws take effect in 2017
— January 7, 2017New legislation that took effect January 1 will reform how criminal records are expunged in Illinois, as well as allow released inmates to work in more professions in spite of their…
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Pritzker administration releases guidelines for criminal justice reform
— October 6, 2020SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced seven “guiding principles” on Tuesday, Oct. 6 to “build a more equitable criminal justice system,” a series of policy recommendations…
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Bail, sentencing reform conversation begins to take shape
— February 17, 2020SPRINGFIELD — Criminal justice reform is high on Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s agenda this year, but a legislative committee hearing Thursday, Feb. 13 in Chicago showed that reform…
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New Illinois criminal justice law looks at trauma in victims, offenders
— March 21, 2017A new criminal justice reform law, signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner March 10, recognizes that both victims and incarcerated offenders suffer from a common circumstance — a reaction to…
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