The controversial SAFE-T Act took effect in Illinois on Sunday despite a key provision, eliminating cashless bail, being put on hold by a court on Saturday night.
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Illinois' Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act took effect on Sunday although a key part of the bill, which eliminates cash bail in the state, was halted when the Illinois Supreme Courtat the last minute on Saturday evening in order to"maintain consistent pretrial procedures throughout Illinois."
"When I said that this is the most dangerous law I've ever seen, I believe that," Orland Park Mayor Keith PekauFranklin County Sheriff Kyle Bacon told Fox News that from what he can tell of the SAFE-T act,"there's not a drug offense other than one involving a firearm or a high-level drug offense that is detainable.
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