With abolition of cash bail halted, Cook County’s pretrial proceedings move forward
halted the abolition of cash bail and other changes to “maintain consistent pretrial procedures throughout Illinois” since Cunnington’s opinion would have left some parts of Illinois handling pretrial hearings differently from other parts of the state.Despite Marubio’s warning, bond proceedings Sunday went forward without any major incidents at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, as defendants appeared via live video for bond hearings that sometimes lasted only minutes.
Sarah Staudt, director of policy for Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and an advocate for ending money bail, told the Tribune the delay is “frustrating for those of us who have been working on this bill and this issue for six years,” particularly because “the issues that are being raised here are issues that have been raised in challenges to the constitutionality of ending or reducing the use of money bail across the country. They have been unsuccessful everywhere because they’re wrong.
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