Illinois Supreme Court Places Controversial Cashless Bail Law on Hold

The Illinois Supreme Court placed on hold a portion of a controversial law known as the SAFE-T Act that would eliminate cash bail for some crimes.
In a ruling on Dec. 31—just hours before the law was supposed to be enacted—the Supreme Court placed the cashless bail provision under the SAFE-T Act on hold for the entire state. A ruling from a lower court last week placed that part of the law on hold for dozens of counties, but not all of them.
The law was slated to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 1, eliminating cash bail for some crimes. The state Supreme Court ruled that the cash bail measure would take power out of state judges’ hands….}