Police and Prosecutors Warn Consequences of Ending Cash Bail – Governing

Brown County, Illinois officials are joining a growing litany of justice system and law enforcement representatives taking a stand against a change that in a few months will do away with a cash bail system in Illinois.
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Zephyr Window
3 years ago

Percent Pritzger and Cook/County/Chicago democrats care about Brown County Illinois……….0%

debtsor
3 years ago

Even the discussion around the ‘ending cash bail’ is not entirely accurate. Most people agree that holding petty criminals and homeless people in jail because they can’t come up with $500 is a waste of resources. But the bill goes beyond just petty criminals and applies this logic to habitual and recidivist criminals. The carjacker’s pretrial conditions are the same as the panhandlers. That’s insanity.

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