A man was charged with assault for allegedly attempting to burn down his elderly father's home amid a dispute over disability payments. The appeals court said a Christian County judge can't order him held pretrial because he wasn't charged with a crime included on a list of "detainable offenses" in the SAFE-T Act
An Illinois appellate court has sided with two Coles County criminal defendants who argued, in separate cases, that they were improperly detained under the law that eliminated cash bail across