Public safetyFinding
Illinois should give judges more power to keep people charged with crimes in jail before trial.
Since 2023, Illinois has ended cash bail, and judges can hold people before trial only for certain charges after a hearing. Expanding judges' power would let them detain more defendants while cases are pending.
JB Pritzker
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