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The Illinois Supreme Court Cash Bail Ruling Explained Jul. 24, 2023

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

Under a landmark court ruling issued this week, Illinois will become the first state in the nation t... Read More

Money Shouldn't Determine Whether Defendants Wait for Trial in Jail or at Home Jul. 20, 2023

Daily Editorials

On Sept. 18, Illinois will become the first state in America to abolish the practice of automaticall... Read More

Should Judges Act as 'Potted Plants' or Active Reformers? Dec. 18, 2021

Diane Dimond

There is so much said these days about the need to reform our justice system. But where does that st... Read More

Don't Increase Crime By Ending Cash Bail Mar. 09, 2021

Daily Editorials

A few nights in jail. That prospect prevents countless Americans from driving drunk, shoplifting, tr... Read More

Determined Judges Could Stop the No-Cash-Bail Madness Mar. 06, 2021

Diane Dimond

This is an open letter to District Court judges in Harris County, Texas. But honestly, it could appl... Read More

A New Illinois Law Would Let Judges, Not Finances, Determine Who Stays in Jail Feb. 25, 2021

Daily Editorials

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed a sweeping legislative package that will, in two years,... Read More

The New Leader of the Criminals' Lobby Dec. 10, 2020

Susan Estrich

Having been run out of San Francisco, as liberal a place as you will find in America, George Gascon ... Read More