• Joel Ebert
    OCT 21, 2020
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    Senators weigh pros, cons of eliminating cash bail in Illinois: ‘There needs to be some form of accountability’

    Malik Alim of the Coalition to End Money Bond and director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts Marcia Meis spoke to members of a joint Senate hearing Tuesday to discuss proposals about ending cash bail in the state.


    State leaders’ effort to eliminate cash bail in Illinois faced criticism from two judges and a sheriff in a Senate hearing Tuesday, as several panelists stressed the need to take less dramatic steps first.
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