On New Year’s Eve, less than 12 hours before cashless bail was to take effect, Illinois Supreme Court justices put the elimination of cash bail in the state on hold indefinitely.
A controversial part of the SAFE-T Act was supposed to go into effect on Jan. 1, but it was put on hold by the Illinois Supreme Court with an emergency order.
The Illinois criminal justice system is set for a major makeover beginning Sunday, replacing a cash-bail structure with one that requires judges to more carefully weigh who among the accused should be held in custody.