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But Illinois is about to overhaul the system that upended Ross’ life. Illinois’ Pretrial Fairness Act, which abolishes cash bail as a condition of pretrial release, will take effect Sept. 18, making Illinois the first state to end cash bail and a testing ground for whether — and how — it works on a large scale.

Judges can still keep people accused of serious crimes behind bars pretrial, but first would have to go through a more rigorous review of each case.

Critics say cash bail policies are especially unfair to Black people and other people of color. A 2022 federal civil rights report on cash bail systems found that courts tend to impose higher pretrial detention penalties on Black and Latino people, citing a study that showed Black men received bail amounts 35% higher than white men, and Latino men received bail amounts 19% higher than white men.

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[-] bobman@unilem.org 0 points 1 year ago

If only he could allow Illinois citizens to grow their own weed.

Nah. Still gotta look out for his buddies, lol.

[-] Curiousfur@yiffit.net 11 points 1 year ago

Makes it easier for the next governor to do, so don't let perfect be the enemy of good. I live in a state where I can take a huge amount of these things for granted, but as a result I feel like there's less of a push to change things that are still a problem, so I'm always happy to see Midwestern states making progress because it motivates people in other states to make change too.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I agree. Im disapointed in the lack of grow but we are in an oasis for our neighbors. Honestly might as well suck up the tax revenue until the holdout states invariably cave.

[-] DrPop@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

You just need a medical marijuana card, but finding a doctor who will issue one is a different story.

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