Illinois Supreme Court Ends Cash Bail in Middle of Crime Wave

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Illinois Supreme Court Ends Cash Bail in Middle of Crime Wave

Joel B. Pollak 18 Jul 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision Tuesday that will allow a state law ending cash bail to take effect September 18, despite a crime wave and concern that arrestees will commit more crimes while awaiting trial.

The law passed last year and was signed by Gov. J. B. Pritzker (D). As Breitbart News reported last year:

A new law abolishing bail across the state of Illinois, passed by Democrats and signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D), will free from jail thousands of suspects accused of second-degree murder, kidnapping, burglary, robbery, and other violent crimes.

Beginning January 1, 2023, Illinois will become the first state in the nation to have eliminated cash bail — even for some of the most violent crimes. As a result, local district attorneys say they will be forced to free thousands of suspects accused of crimes like murder and kidnapping.

A group of local law enforcement agencies sued to stop the law from taking effect, and a judge declared the law unconstitutional. That decision was appealed to the Supreme Court, which overturned it.

CWB Chicago reported:

    In a 5-2 opinion released Tuesday morning, the court ordered the elimination of cash bail as approved by the legislature to take effect in 60 days, on September 18.

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    The court’s written opinion on Tuesday said Kankakee County Judge Thomas Cunnington applied “uneven reasoning” in his December 28 ruling that found the elimination of cash bail to be unconstitutional.

    Cunnington “ignored the plain language of the constitution,” the court wrote, pointing out that the state constitution “does not include the term ‘monetary’” when it says nearly all criminal defendants must be bailable by “sufficient sureties.”

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/18/illinois-supreme-court-ends-cash-bail-in-middle-of-crime-wave/

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Homicide rates in the BLM era. More black victims than ever.

https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/1698370196476445023

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People accused of beating and robbing a woman, and another charged with punching a Chicago cop in the face are among the folks being released without restrictions under cashless bail.

People charged with robbery, punching a Chicago cop in the face go home under cashless bail
September 20, 2023 4:03 AM

CHICAGO — The arrival of cashless bail in Illinois on Monday brought some interesting decisions by prosecutors and judges at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse at 26th and California.

Prosecutors didn’t even ask a judge to hold two people charged with robbery in jail. And a guy accused of slugging a cop in the face went home, too. No ankle monitors for any of them.

Charlie Jones, 30, is one of the defendants who appeared for a detention hearing on Day 1. Prosecutors said he punched a uniformed Chicago police officer in the face as the cop tried to disperse a large crowd in the 200 block of North Wabash early Sunday morning.

Prosecutors didn’t ask Judge Mary Marubio to hold him in jail. A source within the Cook County state’s attorney’s office said the SAFE-T Act prohibits them from asking for someone to be detained for battering a police officer unless the cop suffers “great bodily harm.”

Instead, the judge told him to contact the court’s pre-trial services office, show up for court dates, avoid contacting the victim, and follow other routine directions. He went home to wait for trial for felony aggravated battery of a peace officer and misdemeanor resisting. ...

Full story at CWBChicago