The SAFE-T Act, Illinois legislation passed to reform the state's criminal justice system, has an uncertain future after a Kankakee judge's ruling.
According to the Kankakee County State's Attorney, the ruling means the pre-trial release and bail reforms spelled out in the law will not take effect in those counties come Jan. 1.
"Specifically what this judge is saying is that judges, the judiciary, has the inherent power to make decisions about pre-trial release and bail, and, in this case, the legislature inappropriately took that away from the judiciary, so they found it was a violation of separation of powers," Soffer said.RELATED: What is the Safe-T Act?
Kankakee County State's Attorney Jim Rowe wrote in part, " amended the State Constitution and eroded the constitutional protections of the Victim Rights Act, all while disenfranchising the people of their Constitutional right to vote on such reforms."
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