Faith Leaders: The end of cash bail will make our criminal justice system more fair – Chicago Tribune*

"We are tired of politicians and pundits who, instead of implementing needed changes, attack money bond. We know that cash bail has long been a tool used to create intentional barriers that restrict people’s basic rights. Cycles of poverty, violence and corruption will only persist if we do not grant all people their right to due process."
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Buford Pusser Says
1 year ago

Anything from the Fibune is a load of BS. Dying rag of a newspaper, parakeets don’t want it in their cage.

Ex Illini
1 year ago

Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. End of story.

debtsor
1 year ago

This editorial perfectly encapsulates the insane world we live in. ‘Faith Leaders’ have completely merged with Democrat politicians. There is no separation between church and state. This editorial is not an opinion piece, it is a homily for the progressive faithful reaffirming their commitment to their ideology in the face of adversity. These ideologues use their own religious language so steeped in ideology that an outsider observer would understand little of this gobbledygook. They can’t even say religion, they must say ‘faith’. They speak in secret code that only others steeped in progressive mythology can understand: “our work to dismantle… Read more »

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