Gov. JB Pritzker rebukes state’s attorney who said SAFE-T Act will be ‘greatest jailbreak’ in history – Lake & McHenry County Scanner

Madison County State's Attorney Haine said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s office has made false statements about state’s attorneys being able to request defendants held without bond once the new legislation is in place. Haine said prosecutors will only be able to ask a judge to hold a limited group of defendants without bond. Pritzker sent a letter to Haine on Friday in response and said Haine is defending a “criminal justice status quo” where accused murderers, domestic batterers, rapists, and other dangerous criminals “can buy their way out of jail pending trial if they have enough money.”