The state's highest court overturned a ruling by a Kankakee County judge that the law ending cash bail was unconstitutional.

In a 5-2 ruling Tuesday morning, the state’s highest court overturned a ruling by a Kankakee County judge that the law ending cash bail was unconstitutional. The end to cash bail will now go into effect across the entire state on Sept. 18, according to the Illinois Supreme Court ruling.

    • SheeEttin@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      What? Yes, you get the bail money back. Otherwise, a bail bondsman would just be throwing that 90% away every time.

        • SheeEttin@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          You know I can see the timestamps, right? You posted the comment at 17:09:18, I replied at 17:20:56, you edited at 17:24:00.

          Even if you edited multiple times and that’s only the most recent one, yes, in whatever time it was between me opening this post and submitting the comment, I did spend some time reading about bail, first just to make sure I wasn’t crazy, and then just out of curiosity.

    • MasterOBee Master/King@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Please try to understand something about the American criminal justice system before you comment on it.

      I wrote a comment starting that I’m not knowledgeable and asking for more opinions.

      You told me I don’t understand it, need to read up more and that you have the answers. Then you have people correcting you and you need to edit and correct your comment.

      Seems like I have the right amount of confidence in my response, and you are way too over confident.