{"id":982,"date":"2024-01-15T06:29:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T06:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=982"},"modified":"2024-01-15T06:45:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T06:45:45","slug":"criminal-justice_detail_10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=982","title":{"rendered":"CRIMINAL JUSTICE_DETAIL_10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">CRIMINAL JUSTICE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\"><strong><strong>SEPTEMBER <\/strong><\/strong>19,<strong> 2023<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Illinois Has Become First State to Eliminate Cash Bail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The state is \u201cno longer criminalizing poverty,\u201d lawmakers say.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"http:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CoghillArianna_900px.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-753 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<ul>\n<li>ARIANNA COGHILL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Assistant News abd Engagement Writer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cook-county-jail.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-988\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cook-county-jail.webp 768w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cook-county-jail-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Kirby Lee\/AP<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>For years, cash bail\u00a0<\/strong>has been\u00a0criticized\u00a0for determining who would be chosen for pre-trial detention based on wealth. Now, Illinois has abolished it. After a\u00a0months-long\u00a0legal battle, the state became the first in the nation to eliminate cash bail thanks to a provision in a sweeping criminal justice reform law that went into effect on Monday. The Pretrial Fairness Act, a part of the expansive\u00a0SAFE-T Act, was designed to protect people facing charges from being detained before their trial based solely on their inability to afford bail.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, state judges will determine whether or not someone can be released prior to their court date based on the severity of their crime or their risk of fleeing prosecution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday, Illinois is no longer criminalizing poverty, and the entire nation has their eyes on us,\u201d Illinois House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch said during a\u00a0press conference\u00a0Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pretrial Fairness Act also opens the door for currently detained people to petition the court to review their cases and determine whether or not they should be released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The law was reportedly a collaborative effort between lawmakers, criminal justice reform organizers, and victims\u2019 rights advocates to mitigate racial discrimination. While research is limited, available\u00a0studies\u00a0show Black defendants are 10 to 25 percent more likely to be held in pretrial detention or pay bail than their white counterparts. Studies also show Black and brown people often receive higher bail amounts than white defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe money bond system wrongly tied access to financial resources to pre-trial freedom,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle to CBS. \u201cThe result has been countless individuals\u2014mostly from Black and brown communities\u2014spending days, weeks, months, years in jail just for being poor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the loudest critics of the Pretrial Fairness Act are state attorneys and law enforcement, who have claimed that eliminating bail would increase the state\u2019s crime rates. Earlier this year, prosecutors and sheriffs across 64 counties filed lawsuits claiming the bill was unconstitutional. While Kanakee County judge Thomas Cunnington initially\u00a0ruled\u00a0in favor of the plaintiffs, the decision was eventually\u00a0overturned\u00a0in July by the state\u2019s Supreme Court allowing the end of cash bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, some advocates, while supporting the elimination of cash bail, are worried that the change will make judges more \u201cskittish\u201d about releasing defendants and that the changes could lead the state to rely more heavily on an electronic monitoring program, according to\u00a0NPR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>House Speaker Welch has praised the bill during a press conference and called out detractors of the act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnyone who suggests criminals will automatically be released from jail, or print fake newspapers about the \u2018purge\u2019 law\u2014ladies and gentlemen, they\u2019re being disingenuous,\u201d said Welch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Has Become First State to Eliminate Cash Bail For years, cash bail\u00a0has been\u00a0criticized\u00a0for determining who would be chosen for pre-trial detention based on wealth. Now, Illinois has abolished it. After a\u00a0months-long\u00a0legal battle, the state became the first in the nation to eliminate cash bail thanks to a provision in a sweeping criminal justice reform&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=982\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CRIMINAL JUSTICE_DETAIL_10<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":477,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"on","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":994,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/982\/revisions\/994"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}