The Illinois no cash bail law questions raised by a Kankakee County court ruling on the SAFE-T Act will be settled by the state's Supreme Court,
The Illinois no cash bail law questions raised by a Kankakee County court ruling on the SAFE-T Act will be settled by the state's Supreme Court,The fate of cash bail in Illinois now in the hands of the Illinois Supreme Court, and it could take weeks or longer before the court settles the question of whether it was constitutional for lawmakers to have eliminated it under the SAFE-T Act.
Judges handling bond court continued to set cash bail for defendants Monday. One man caught with a gun over the weekend was ordered held on $50,000 bond; under the new law, he may have been released. Supporters of eliminating cash bail are frustrated that a Kankakee County judge ruled on Dec. 28 that the cash bail elimination provision of the SAFE-T Act was unconstitutional. The ruling prompted the Illinois Supreme court to put implementation of the new law on hold on New Year's Eve, to prevent confusion in different courthouses around the state.
The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to handle the appeal on an expedited basis, but if other similar cases offer any insight, a former Illinois solicitor general suggests it could still take perhaps two months for the court to decide if it was constitutional for lawmakers to eliminate cash bail.
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