Lawmakers push to reform state’s bail system – Capitol News IL

According to the testimony of Judge Robbin Stuckert, who chaired the pretrial practices commission, “Establishing a robust and effective pretrial system in Illinois is the first and most crucial step towards minimizing and eventually eliminating cash bail. However, simply eliminating cash bail at the outset without first implementing meaningful reforms and dedicating adequate resources to allow evidence-based risk assessment and supervision would be premature.”