Illinois Top Court Weighs Elimination of Cash Bail – Wall Street Journal

Prosecutors and sheriffs from more than half of Illinois counties filed civil suits, which were consolidated last year. They argue the Illinois constitution requires a system of monetary bail and the legislature doesn’t have the power to remove it.

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