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

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 ...

Chicago, IL, USA, Nov. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Shriver Center on Poverty Law today released its 2023 annual report, Changing Rules. Changing Lives. This year’s report highlights the ...

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

When it comes to the controversial end to cash bail in Illinois that went into effect a year ago, she said there's "dueling ...

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

Milwaukee County Deputy District Attorney Kent Lovern is set to assume the county’s top prosecutor role next year, running ...

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 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 ...

A judge seemed to agree, as she granted Mendoza a $5,000 cash bail, according to an order filed Wednesday ... gotten into an ...