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Illinois Supreme Court Decision on Safe-T Act Not Expected Until March

The Illinois Supreme Court won’t begin to decide the possible end of cash bail in the state for months. On Thursday, the Court announced that the appeal to the pre-trial detention portion of the SAFE-T-Act wouldn’t be heard until March. Governor JB Pritzker says he’ll wait for the court to do its’ work.

 

 

The Supreme Court stepped in at the end of the year after a judge in Kankakee ruled against the end of cash bail. At that time, cash bail would have been in effect in 62 of the states 102 counites. In order to keep the system equal across Illinois, the Supreme Court put a stay on implementing it and kept all counties operating on the same system.

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