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Posted inLocal Government

What happens when cash bail ends?

by Jerry Nowicki / Capitol News Illinois September 19, 2022September 19, 2022

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 two years to plan for the major overhaul of the state’s pretrial detention system. It’s also given time for the measure to become politicized […]

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