Illinois ended cash bail statewide in September 2023 after litigation against the law was struck down by state Supreme Court.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is exiting. But Lake County’s Eric Rinehart, after beating a tough Republican, is ...

There’s no love lost between outgoing McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally and an advocacy group that helped lead the effort to eliminate cash bail in Illinois. Kenneally last week ...

Recently, Illinois celebrated the one-year anniversary ... which profits only because of the persistence of cash bail, makes claims about its importance — claims that the data inevitably will ...

The McHenry County state's attorney called the SAFE-T Act, which ended cash bail in Illinois, an "abject failure" and released data showing a 280% increase in defendants failing to appear in court.

Criminal justice reform, assault weapons and driving tests for seniors were among the issues candidates for the Illinois ...

Illinois doesn‘t know is and isn’t following the mandate. In 2021, lawmakers passed the SAFE-T Act, a sweeping criminal justice reform that ended cash bail, changed police training policies ...

Illinois State Rep. Kam Buckner on Feb. 13 ... For example, he backs reinstating cash bail, which the SAFE-T Act eliminated, and halting all spending on undocumented immigrants.

The former director of a nonprofit is accused of stealing thousands meant to bail Black trans people out of jail before their trails, New York prosecutors said. Getty Images/iStockphoto The former ...

(The Center Square) – A full year into the state’s end of cash bail, a suburban county state’s attorney says the law has been “an abject failure” for his county. Illinois ended cash ...