Illinois became the first state to end cash bail in 2021, replacing it with a risk assessment system to determine a person’s potential threat to public safety, which benefits women on multiple levels and helps reduce racial bias in the justice system.
Illinois lawmakers and advocates are pushing back against President Trump’s executive order targeting states that have reduced or eliminated cash bail, calling it a politically motivated attack on criminal justice reform and highlighting the success of the Pretrial Fairness Act in Illinois.
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