The state's highest court overturned a ruling by a Kankakee County judge that the law ending cash bail was unconstitutional.

In a 5-2 ruling Tuesday morning, the state’s highest court overturned a ruling by a Kankakee County judge that the law ending cash bail was unconstitutional. The end to cash bail will now go into effect across the entire state on Sept. 18, according to the Illinois Supreme Court ruling.

  • MasterOBee Master/King@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    The court’s decision today holds – as my office has consistently advocated – that the General Assembly had the authority to eliminate cash bail and replace it with a system in which people are detained pending trial only if they pose a threat to the public or are a flight risk.

    I’m not too knowledgeable about how the system works, but isn’t this kind of what we did, just now without any requirement for bail?

    This seems to remove the only encouragement to return to court without an appropriate replacement.

    To my knowledge, I thought bail was basically a ‘loan’ that you get back when you return to court.