it's to relax criminal offenses
the state is majority republican outside of chicago, so you can imagine what's going on
but uh, it also happened last year. it's back in the news because of conservative misinformation on how the bail changes work.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/illinois-safe-t-act-end-cash-bail-2023/63-ab549815-8ab9-4db6-af62-5d6ca1107317
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