Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs sweeping Illinois criminal justice overhaul including eliminating cash bail

[JimGinPA]

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/gov-j-b-pritzker-to-sign-sweeping-illinois-criminal-justice-overhaul-including-eliminating-cash-bail/article_b096b6a7-05b8-5e82-9549-0fa73fcdd396.html#utm_source=stltoday.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletter-templates%2Fbreaking&utm_medium=PostUp&utm_content=0f32bf5d0fa59b8db19cc26252412a354d9d03f0

CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed a sweeping criminal justice overhaul package that has been praised by reform advocates and panned by law enforcement groups.

The legislation will abolish cash bail in Illinois beginning in 2023, require police officers statewide to wear body cameras by 2025, eliminate requirements for signing sworn affidavits when filing complaints against officers, and create a more robust statewide system for tracking police misconduct and decertifying officers who commit wrongdoing.

The measure, passed in the waning hours of the previous General Assembly’s lame-duck session in January, was advanced by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus as part of its response to the public outcry over the death last year of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.

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[Stuart G]

1. Pritzker is pure class!! I live in Illinois, & am lucky he is our governor.

[634-5789]

6. Same here. (Peoria) I pull up all the negative J.B. signs around!

[murielm99]

8. I am afraid to pull up those signs.

They are on private property, and I don't care to be arrested.

[634-5789]

9. Been doing it for years. No problems.

Have had neighbors to the offender actually thank me.

[mucifer]

2. Yayyyyy!!! I was worried he might not sign it. repubs will definitely use it

against him in the next election if he chooses to run again. It will be all about FEAR!

But, it is sooooo much the right thing to do!

[MichMan]

3. Is this for all crimes including violent ones like murder, & rape ?

[mucifer]

4. It will be decided by the judges. Til now it's the wealthy that can always bail out and the

poor stay in jail for 3 or 4 years waiting for their trial. So now everyone will be treated the same.

[634-5789]

7. Follow this link:

https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/state-news/gov-pritzker-to-sign-criminal-justice-reform-bill-that-would-end-cash-bail-by-2023/

[murielm99]

5. Thank you, Governor Pritzker!