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In a September 17, 2024 letter to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, outgoing Circuit Clerk Iris Martinez threw a factless grenade at the Pretrial Fairness Act, attempting to discredit [...]

One year ago, Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and became the first state in the country to completely end the use of money bond. It is still early, but overall, stakeholders across [...]

Today marks one year since Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and became the first state in the country completely end the use of money bond. This historic legislation was designed to [...]

Today, the Joliet Police Department and Will County State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow held a press conference regarding 21 gun, drug, burglary, and retail theft-related arrests as part of “Operation [...]

In 2016, a small group of base-building organizations, faith leaders, policy experts, service providers, lawyers, and abolitionist community organizers came together to demand Cook County end its [...]

In September, Illinois successfully ended money bond with the implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act. Since then, the number of people incarcerated in Cook County Jail and on house arrest [...]

Illinois’ chronic underfunding of public defense is a civil rights crisis. In jurisdictions across the state, public defenders are tasked with overwhelming caseloads and are often deprived of the [...]

For decades, conservatives have pushed the idea that there is something inherently immoral or dangerous about being LGBTQ+. In the last two years, nearly one thousand anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been [...]

Today, the Illinois legislature passed the Pretrial Success Act as part of the Illinois state budget. Building upon the successful implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act, which made Illinois [...]

Since the Pretrial Fairness Act was implemented last fall, there has been a significant increase in the number of appeals filed. The appeals are mostly from accused people who want an appellate [...]