Chicago cannot control violent crime, so the answer is to empty the jails and release all criminals including those who cannot make bail???
What will tomorrow's headlines be when a nonviolent criminal released from jail resorts to violence after being freed from custody?
All those drug dealers back on the street again and again and again.
“...judges will be prohibited from setting a higher bond than felony defendants can afford to pay..”
I always thought the purpose of a bond was to motivate the person to return to court - or be out of a pile of money.
Now - with no skin in the game, why come back to play?
SJWs win again...
Setting high bail for felony charges, not to mention prosecuting shoplifters would have the same effects.
Foxx is encouraging more criminal behavior in a city drowning in it.
Thugs siting in cells don’t make tax dollars for the courthouse crowd.
$160 a day is three times the national average for County custody. I’d look at that first. Then use all that sweet forfeited bond money to pay some of the cost.