With this decision, Illinois becomes the first state in the nation to completely eliminate the devastating use of cash bail, upholding the presumption of innocence.
The announcement is coupled with the release of a new report that summarizes the organization’s local impact to-date and provides recommendations to improve the state and local pretrial systems.
Ohioans have a choice to make. Double down on a system of wealth-based pretrial detention that costs state taxpayers $266 million each year and results in stark racial disparities in who…