Some law enforcement officials say the SAFE-T Act is going to make crime across Illinois worse.
It's called the SAFE-T Act, and it’s aimed at reforming Illinois’ cash bail system.
A number of state’s attorneys and sheriffs are sounding the alarm about Illinois’ plan to end cash bail."Judges will have discretion in certain cases, like armed robbery is a case that is detainable. But for those other offenses you mentioned, second-degree murder, kidnapping, hate crimes, aggravated batteries, robberies – just to name a few – judges will not have discretion unless the person is a willful risk of imminent flight.
Those in support of the law say it’s wrong to keep people in jail simply because they can’t afford bail.that I have read and agree
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