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.

  • Poseidon@lemmy.world
    32·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • atyaz@reddthat.com
      9·
      1 year ago

      Hopefully it’s not easy to prove someone is a flight risk so they don’t just apply that to most people.