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Illinois Is First State To Fully Abolish Cash Bail In Move To Stop Caging Poor People
A 2021 bail reform law went into effect Monday after the state Supreme Court shut down a legal challenge in July.
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Illinois Becomes First State To Eliminate Cash Bail
Proponents of eliminating cash bail describe it as a penalty on poverty, affecting mostly those in economic distress particularly people of color.
By John O'Connor, AP