In January of last year, the Illinois legislature passed a hilariously (or tragically) misnamed bill called the Safety, Accountability, Fairness, and Equity-Today Act, also known as the SAFE-T Act. The bill was passed in response to the 2020 BLM riots and was touted as a way to implement “redistributive justice” and “police accountability.” Among other things, it completely eliminates cash bail in Illinois, ensuring that anyone who is arrested for virtually anything will immediately be put back out on the streets. It was endorsed and signed into law by Governor J.B. Pritzker the following month. The law is scheduled to go into effect on January first and prosecutors and district attorneys of both parties from around the state are now going into panic mode because they’ve seen this scenario play out in other states and they know what’s coming. (National Review)Read More
Illinois prosecutors panicking over coming bail reform law
