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'Recipe for increases in crime': Chicago cops warn IL Sup Ct cash bail abolition tramples courts, cops, favors criminals

By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 @ 5:31pm

The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police union filed a brief backing the constitutional challenges to the provisions in Illinois' SAFE-T Act abolishing cash bail. They warn Illinois should expect much more crime if the state is allowed to abolish cash bail, an action the police argue is unconstitutional
Who is bail for? Question could decide fate of SAFE-T Act

By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Dec 2, 2022 @ 3:59pm

Lawmakers have made changes to Illinois' sprawling, controversial criminal justice reform law. But the changes appear to have no legal bearing on the constitutional challenges to the law brought by dozens of Illinois state's attorneys