ACLU: Pretrial Fairness Act needs reform, not complete overhaul – State Journal-Register (Springfield)

Specifically, said Ben Ruddell, criminal justice attorney at the ACLU of Illinois, language regarding the act's threat standard needs to be revised after a "drafting error" caused different wording of the standard in the 764-page act dependent on what page. This discrepancy has allowed critics to point holes in the legislation.
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Truth Seeker
3 years ago

Difficult to amend 700 plus pages of anything. Repeal and Replace it with a bill that is only a couple of pages long.

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