Illinois on Monday, Sept. 18, became the first state to fully abolish cash bail through an act of the legislature a major criminal justice overhaul spurred by the advocacy of a progressive faction of the Democratic Party that’s grown increasingly powerful in recent years. The reform goes into effect after nearly three years of
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