SAFE T Act Follow Up

Kankakee County Judge Rules Portions of Illinois SAFE-T Act Unconstitutional

The judge’s ruling (https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24323105/SAFE_T.pdf) late Wednesday comes just four days before cash bail was set to be abolished across Illinois as part of the massive criminal-justice reform law.

Illinois' controversial SAFE-T Act was scheduled to go into effect statewide on January 1, 2023, but now will be suspended in the 65 Illinois counties who participated in the consolidated lawsuit against Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration and the other legislative leaders named in the suit.

https://www.chicagojournal.com/kankakee-county-judge-rules-portions-of-illinois-safe-t-act-unconstitutional/