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Today, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers honored Representative Justin Slaughter, Senator Robert Peters, and Senator Elgie Sims with the Champion of State Criminal Justice [...]

Taking away someone’s freedom while they are presumed innocent is one of the most serious restrictions on liberty that the government can impose. That’s why the U.S. Supreme Court has previously [...]

Over the last several months, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown and Mayor Lori Lightfoot have repeatedly tried to blame pretrial justice reforms for the city’s gun violence without [...]

On Friday, July 2, 2021, Superintendent David Brown appeared at Chicago’s City Council to answer questions regarding the Chicago Police Department’s strategy to address gun violence over the [...]

In an editorial published on Friday, the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board clamored for more pretrial incarceration by highlighting the number of people currently on Sheriff’s electronic monitoring [...]

Every spring, Chicago sees rising temperatures and an increase in gun violence. Predictably, the Mayor and Chicago Police then carts out a new false narrative about the causes of crime in our [...]

One year ago today, Jeffery Pendelton died while shackled to a bed at Stroger Hospital. Mr. Pendleton was the first person to lose his life after having contracted COVID-19 while in the custody [...]

Today, Governor Pritzker will sign the Pretrial Fairness Act into law and bring an end to wealth-based pretrial incarceration in Illinois. When the law goes into full effect in January 2023, it [...]

On February 4th, the Pretrial Fairness Act landed on Governor Pritzker’s (virtual) desk. The bill will end money bond entirely and transform Illinois’ pretrial system. It was passed by the [...]

Since 2016, communities across Illinois have been rigorously organizing to end the racist and classist use of money bond. Today, after years of work by the Coalition to End Money Bond and the [...]