Kane County says it had good first day of cashless bail chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Monday marked a historic moment in criminal justice as Kane County’s courtrooms and those in the rest of Illinois moved to a cashless bail system for defendants charged with a crime. Now, judges decide whether defendants should be jailed until trial or set free without a cash bail. The decision depends on the severity of the crime, the defendant’s criminal history, their likelihood to flee and .
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During a two-year investigation, it was revealed that Thomas Hartwell, while acting in his official capacity as the Circuit Court Clerk of Kane County, allegedly misappropriated funds in the amount of $119,575 between December 2018 and November 2020.