Illinois Supreme Court Halts Elimination Of Cash Bail Day Before Taking Published 9:43 am pdt, january 1, 2023. springfield, ill. (ap) — the illinois supreme court has halted provisions of a new law that would eliminate cash bail for criminal defendants, issuing a stay hours before the new policies were set to take effect sunday. the high court said in saturday’s order that the stay was needed to “maintain. Just hours before cash bail was set to be eliminated across parts of illinois, the state's supreme court stopped it from taking effect as the high court prepares to debate whether or not the.
Il Supreme Court At Last Minute Halts No Cash Bail Provision The Just hours before the controversial legal overhaul known as the safe t act was set to take effect in illinois, the state’s supreme court postponed the bill’s abolition of the cash bail system. The elimination of cash bail was previously set to go into effect on jan. 1, 2023, but was placed on hold as the state supreme court heard an appeal filed by illinois attorney general kwame raoul. Meanwhile, state’s attorneys in dupage and kane counties asked the top court to issue an order providing clarity with the state seemingly headed into the new year with more than half the state maintaining the old cash bail system and the remaining 38 counties — including cook — ushering in a cashless bail era. but the state supreme court. July 21, 2023. under a landmark court ruling issued this week, illinois will become the first state in the nation to abolish cash bail. the state supreme court upheld the illinois pretrial fairness act, which abolishes cash bail and specifies procedures judges must use to impose pretrial detention. here's what you need to know, and what happens.
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