Wednesday marks one year since the Pretrial Fairness Act went into effect, making Illinois the first state in the country ...
One year after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate the use of cash bail, the impact on the state’s criminal justice system appears to have been far less dramatic than ...
Roughly one year after Illinois eliminated cash bail, the state has reported far fewer arrests, and violent and property crime rates are trending down. One year ago, the state began opting for ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — One year after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate the use of cash bail, the impact on the state’s criminal justice system appears to have been far ...