Breaking: Plans from Illinois legislators to eliminate cash bail statewide have been put on hold after a Kankakee County judge ruled that portion of the SAFE-T Act is unconstitutional.
Plans from Illinois legislators to eliminate cash bail statewide have been put on hold after a Kankakee County judge ruled that portion of the SAFE-T Act is unconstitutional.Circuit Judge Thomas Cunnington late Wednesday issued his ruling after dozens of state’s attorneys sued to prevent Illinois from eliminating cash bail beginning Jan. 1.
“ amended the State Constitution and eroded the constitutional protections of the Victim Rights Act, all while disenfranchising the people of their Constitutional right to vote on such reforms,” Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe. “The people of Illinois deserve better than that, and today’s verdict condemns the Act for exactly what it is: unconstitutional.”
“Although the court’s decision is binding in the 64 cases that were consolidated in Kankakee County, it is important to note that it is not binding in any other case, including those involving criminal defendants in any of the state’s 102 counties,” Raoul said in a statement.
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