This story is part of an ongoing Lame Duck Look Back series in which Capitol News Illinois is following up on the major bills that passed both chambers of the General Assembly in the Jan. 8-13 lame duck session. This is one of several stories examining the criminal justice reform package backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Illinois will transition away from the use of cash bail as a determinant of pretrial detention by 2023 after lawmakers passed a wide-ranging bill reforming several aspects of the criminal justice system in the state. The legislation, which now awaits Gov. JB Pritzker s signature before it can be finalized into law, would shift Illinois pretrial detention and release system to one that is non-monetary.
By Raymon Troncoso & Capitol News Illinois
• Jan 26, 2021
State Sen. Robert Peters, D-Chicago, speaks at a virtual Senate committee hearing on criminal justice reform in October. Peters and fellow lawmakers held several hours of hearings in the run-up to passing a sweeping criminal justice reform package in January that included the elimination of cash bail in Illinois by 2023.
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Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing “Lame Duck Look Back” series in which Capitol News Illinois is following up on the major bills that passed both chambers of the General Assembly in the Jan. 8-13 lame duck session. This is one of several stories examining the criminal justice reform package backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus