/tags/cash-bail Cash Bail en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-02-24/st-louis-county-jail-online-credit-card-payments-bond County officials say the online payments are part of an effort to transform how to pay bond and will save people a trip to Clayton. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-02-24/st-louis-county-jail-online-credit-card-payments-bond Chad Davis /law-order/2024-09-18/chief-judge-st-clair-county-illinois-safer-cash-bail Wednesday marks one year since Illinois ended cash bail. Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2024-09-18/chief-judge-st-clair-county-illinois-safer-cash-bail Will Bauer /law-order/2024-09-14/cash-bail-early-research-shows-less-impact Jail populations are down and there's no change in failure to appear rate, an analysis shows. Sat, 14 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2024-09-14/cash-bail-early-research-shows-less-impact Peter Hancock /law-order/2023-09-22/how-will-the-end-of-cash-bail-in-illinois-impact-the-st-clair-county-jail-population Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson said the numbers may drop in the next eight weeks but he doesn’t expect that to continue. A jail spokesman said the jail population could even increase in the long term. Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:58:08 GMT /law-order/2023-09-22/how-will-the-end-of-cash-bail-in-illinois-impact-the-st-clair-county-jail-population Mike Koziatek /law-order/2023-09-19/illinois-courts-take-first-steps-into-a-world-without-cash-bail-as-pretrial-fairness-act-begins Illinois became the first state in the country to abolish cash bail on Monday, but the courts remained slow in the Metro East. Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2023-09-19/illinois-courts-take-first-steps-into-a-world-without-cash-bail-as-pretrial-fairness-act-begins Will Bauer, Mawa Iqbal, Chip Mitchell, Edith Brady-Lunny /law-order/2023-09-17/cash-bail-ending-in-illinois-could-spark-an-electronic-monitoring-surge-backers-fear When Illinois becomes the first U.S. state to abolish cash bail, it could set off a surge in electronic monitoring to the fear of the law’s most fervent supporters. Sun, 17 Sep 2023 20:34:02 GMT /law-order/2023-09-17/cash-bail-ending-in-illinois-could-spark-an-electronic-monitoring-surge-backers-fear Chip Mitchell /law-order/2023-09-15/illinois-will-no-longer-have-cash-bail-on-monday-what-does-that-mean-in-the-metro-east State lawmakers passed and the governor signed the criminal justice reform back in 2021. Originally scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2023, lawsuits slowed the SAFE-T Act's enactment. The legislation includes the elimination of cash bail. Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2023-09-15/illinois-will-no-longer-have-cash-bail-on-monday-what-does-that-mean-in-the-metro-east Will Bauer /law-order/2023-09-14/what-to-expect-now-that-cash-bail-in-illinois-is-ending Experts say the doomsday scenarios surrounding the controversial criminal justice reform aren’t likely to materialize. But big changes are coming. Thu, 14 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2023-09-14/what-to-expect-now-that-cash-bail-in-illinois-is-ending Shannon Heffernan /law-order/2023-09-01/illinois-courts-get-flexibility-on-remote-detention-hearings-as-state-cash-bail-soon-ends Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis said the decision was made due to “the anticipated volume of investigations and hearings on pretrial detention” when bail reform goes into effect Sept. 18. Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2023-09-01/illinois-courts-get-flexibility-on-remote-detention-hearings-as-state-cash-bail-soon-ends Matthew Hendrickson /law-order/2023-07-18/cash-bail-to-be-eliminated-in-illinois-justices-rule-safe-t-act-provisions-constitutional Partisan 5-2 ruling says state’s constitution does not guarantee right to monetary bail. Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:46:31 GMT /law-order/2023-07-18/cash-bail-to-be-eliminated-in-illinois-justices-rule-safe-t-act-provisions-constitutional Jerry Nowicki