The end of cash bail? Backers and opponents ponder the consequences as bill awaits Pritzker’s signature. – Chicago Tribune*

McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said in a statement, “Without hyperbole, this bill seems to all but mandate the immediate pretrial release of drug-dealers, arsonists, and drunk drivers irrespective of their likelihood of re-offending, the danger they pose generally to the public, or their willingness to comply with conditions of their release."
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Land of Delusion
3 years ago

Wonder what counties will use for a cash cow without the bond system that most use to bilk poor defendants. Once upon a time the bond system was only used as a guarantee that the person released would make court appearances. If they did the bond money was returned minus a small percentage for court costs. At some point counties and states attorneys realized they could make fines a part of the sentence and keep the bond money. Almost all bond money today ends up in the county coffers. Usually the bonds get footed by poor defendants families or friends.… Read more »

Last edited 3 years ago by Land of Delusion
Gemini
3 years ago

If cash bail is eliminated, crime will skyrocket. We’ve already seen a similar example with Crimesha’s soft on prosecution policies. When there is no penalty to crime, crime goes up. This will turn the Illinois Exodus into a stampede.

Land of Delusion
3 years ago
Reply to  Gemini

Disagree. The majority either bond out or are released on personal recognizance anyway otherwise we’d be out of jail space. Courts will still have means to keep the really dangerous folks off the streets. The bond system today is a joke and nothing more then government robbery of poor defendants in low level crimes.

debtsor
3 years ago

*lots of stories of criminals released on low bail committing more crimes with hours/days

debtsor
3 years ago

““Criminal justice reform doesn’t have to be us versus them,” she said. “It doesn’t have to be reformers versus law enforcement. And it certainly doesn’t have to be victims versus reformers. We can make these reforms by working together.”” No, it is an us vs. them. Criminal vs. Law Abiding. We have no interest in working with the criminal to reform the system. They have constitutional rights. That’s the end of the story. Fortunately, as the saying goes, if it bleeds, it leads, and local TV and news reporting LOVES to amplify crime stories, and they’ve done such a good… Read more »

Last edited 3 years ago by debtsor
DixonSyder
3 years ago

Immediate reply from the Black Caucus who proposed this legislation, ” He’s racist”.

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