With cash bail eliminated in Illinois, judges are spending more time on initial court hearings as they weigh whether to detain or release defendants. However, issues remain with interpretation and ...

In most places in America, people have long had the right, if accused of a crime, to buy their freedom back from the government. Cash bail — the requirement that a person who has been arrested pay the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — U.S. Congressmember Elise Stefanik of New York introduced a bill in the House of Representatives on Monday called the “Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act” that would ...

The long national debate over cash bail reignited in summer 2025 after the White House issued an executive order in August threatening to pull federal funding from jurisdictions that allow cashless ...

As of Monday, Illinois is the first state in the country to ban cash bail, a long-fought and debated change that finally takes effect more than two years after lawmakers intended. "The implementation ...

When Camilla Broderick was arrested for selling drugs, the court set her bail at $2,500. She could walk out of jail before her trial - if she had the cash. "I was able to pay bail because my dad ran ...

New executive orders from the White House aimed at stopping bail reform have put Illinois — the first state to completely eliminate cash bond — into the spotlight of a national debate on bail and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This week, President Donald Trump took aim at Illinois’ Pretrial Fairness Act, which ended cash bail in the state in 2023. Trump pledged to repeal the Act ...

People awaiting trial in Illinois will soon no longer need to come up with cash bail. The Illinois Supreme Court upheld this week a 2021 law that eliminated the cash bail system. "Someone's experience ...