See Marvin Guy. Killeen TXhttps://t.co/njhX8UvdxA
— Old Woman Seeking Justice 🐝🐝🐷🐝🐝 (@GrownRoom) June 28, 2023
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This is the worst. Unconstitutional, inhumane, disgraceful. So, what are we gonna do about it? As a profession? As a city, what is Chicago gonna do?? As a country? Or are we gonna just leave it to this man, to find his way to some measure of reparation? And what of the next man? https://t.co/SA327Fzo2k
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) June 27, 2023
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Evidence shows that making swift arrests/solving cases deters crime, while longer sentences/more pre-trial detention doesn’t (and may even make things worse).
— Alex Koma (@AlexKomaWCP) July 11, 2023
So why has all the discussion about the crime bill focused on the latter instead of the former?https://t.co/X4UazZ7T8i
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BREAKING: IL Supreme Court upholds SAFE-T Act provision to eliminate cash bail.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) July 18, 2023
Outstanding news!
Judges now cannot hold people in prison because they cannot pay bail. Instead, that decision is based on whether the person is a threat to peace & security—as it should be.
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Illinois is set to become the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail https://t.co/lv35IzofSs
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 18, 2023
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The Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the elimination of cash bail marked a sweeping win for Gov. J.B. Pritzker and many progressive Democrats who argued that change was needed.
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) July 18, 2023
“Everyone deserves a fair shot at justice,” said Kim Foxx. https://t.co/xdaSrUJv0j