This editorial represents the consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board Doubtless, the various claims and counterclaims about the new SAFE-T Act intended to dramatically reform the state's criminal justice system have most Illinoisans' heads spinning, and it's tough to be confident that negotiations under way to address complaints about the legislation are going to help...
That all but two of the state's attorneys from Illinois' 102 counties believe the law does not achieve those aims is a sign of the importance of the work that needs to be done. And the strength of that sign is punctuated by litigation filed by 60 of those prosecutors seeking to delay or block implementation of the act.
And, we're encouraged by the words of Downers Grove Republican Senate Minority Leader-elect John Curran in a report by Capitol News Illinois:"There's no reason we can't be fair and, at the same time, protect public safety. That's where this needs to ultimately land." Surely, for example, more can be done to reassure police and prosecutors that the bill won't make their job of keeping people safe harder. And, surely, a state whose leaders are now touting the advances they've made toward economic stability can find some resources to help local agencies acquire the personnel and equipment the new law's requirements impose on them.
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