Authorities anticipate making thousands of arrests this week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, putting the state's no-cash-bail law to the test.
Anti-Israel agitators are expected to descend upon the Democratic National Convention this week in Chicago, where authorities anticipate potentially hundreds of arrests, putting the state's no-cash-bail law to the ultimate test. Last year, Illinois enacted its Pretrial Fairness Act , eliminating cash bail, which critics say is discriminatory toward low-income offenders because it is more difficult for them to post high bonds than wealthy offenders.
Loyola Chicago's Center for Criminal Justice has been tracking the impact of the PFA since it took effect in September 2023. So far, researchers have found that average daily populations and jail bookings have decreased slightly more than typical expectations before the law was enacted. 'However, these patterns varied across individual counties and county types.
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