One-Third of Chicago Murder Victims Likely Killed By Someone Released Under Illinois ‘Affordable’ Bail Law

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The Illinois Bail Reform Act of 2017 mandated that judges impose “affordable” bail to criminal suspects arrested by police. Theoretically, the law was to apply only to misdemeanor and minor felony arrests. However Cook County judges, under orders from Cook County’s Chief Judge, Tim Evans, have brazenly applied the law to all but the worst … Read more

CHICAGO: At Least 32 Murder or Attempted Murder Suspects in 2020 Were Released Under ‘Affordable Bail’

Playing politics with peoples’ lives, Illinois passed an “affordable bail” law in 2017. It stood as the first step to ending cash bail. Just as other cites and states have seen, the results of this experiments have been a disaster for everyone except violent criminals. In Chicago alone in 2020, almost three dozen individuals who … Read more