Commentary: The cost of eliminating cash bail is too high – Chicago Sun-Times

"After the Cook County Circuit Court implemented a similar program to the new law, mandating unconditional releases for many crimes and severely restricting money bail, the result has been more missing defendants and more re-offending upon release. Immediately after the reforms, failure-to-appear rates climbed to 19.8% from 16.7% before the reforms."
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Giddyap
3 years ago

The cost

more criminals will not show up for trial

more crimes will be committed by those criminals

more of those crimes will be violent in nature

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