The most talked-about Illinois law taking effect with the dawn of a new year on Sunday is one whose future is up in the air.
this week ruled that the Constitution holds that the issue of bail for criminal defendants — a key piece of the SAFE-T Act — rests with the judiciary, not the Legislature.
Advocates and particularly critics of the criminal justice plan will be watching closely. Democrats who control the General Assembly went back to the legislation three times to clarify their intent, including a final push this month. The goal, Senate President Don Harmon said this month, "was to overhaul a broken criminal justice system, one in which dangerous people could buy their way out of jail while people accused of non-violent crimes remain detained as they await their day in court simply because they lack resources."
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