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Pritzker Quietly Signs Revisions to SAFE-T Act, Which Eliminates Cash Bail
WTTW News ^ | December 6, 2022 | Amanda Vinicky |

Posted on 12/09/2022 4:44:09 PM PST by george76

Less than a month before those arrested in Illinois will no longer have the option of posting bail as a condition of release while awaiting trial, Gov. J.B. Pritzker quietly signed a package that makes significant changes to the law taking effect in January.

In a press release Tuesday afternoon, Pritzker said the bill (HB1095) “addresses misinformation” and makes clarifications “that uphold the principle we fought to protect: to bring an end to a system where wealthy violent offenders can buy their way out of jail, while less fortunate nonviolent offenders wait in jail for trial.”

The changes approved last week by Democratic members of the General Assembly is the fourth follow-up bill to the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, or SAFE-T Act, which was signed into law in 2021.

State’s attorneys across Illinois sought the changes. Many said barring adjustments, there would be confusion come the new year and the potential that judges would lack the ability to detain alleged criminals accused of some violent crimes.

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Another change will make it easier for a defendant to be denied release based on flight risk.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: anarchotyranny; bail; crime; crimes; criminals; dystopia; hb1095; illinois; nobail; pritzker; safetact; taxes; violentcrimes
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1 posted on 12/09/2022 4:44:09 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

Get out of Jail free ?


2 posted on 12/09/2022 4:47:48 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: george76

No bail + overcrowded prisons = Most suspects get released


3 posted on 12/09/2022 4:50:52 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (What is left around which to circle the wagons?)
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To: butlerweave
They will be free to leave Illinois and roam the country looking for new victims.

4 posted on 12/09/2022 4:51:15 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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Crime rate is going to skyrocket in Illinois. If I were a resident of that state, I’d move right now.


5 posted on 12/09/2022 4:52:33 PM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear
No bail + overcrowded prisons = Most suspects get released

Can they apply for free money from the government to travel to seek out witnesses to kill them? Sort of like travel funds to seek abortions in what Pelosi said are states that "restrict women's health" such as prohibiting abortions?

6 posted on 12/09/2022 4:53:46 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: george76

I guess Chicago isn’t satisfied with 600 murders a year!


7 posted on 12/09/2022 4:54:42 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (No Doubt Now: Stolen Election)
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To: lowbridge

If I were a resident of that state, I’d move right now.

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I know someone who did. Between rising crime and onerous taxes not much incentive to stay.


8 posted on 12/09/2022 4:56:46 PM PST by Starboard
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To: Gay State Conservative

They need to build a wall around Chicago. No one gets out!


9 posted on 12/09/2022 4:56:58 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: butlerweave

Get out free?

I think it’s a means to hold wealthy conservatives in lockup for INCITING violence...think Trump, Musk: bloggers;
TV broadcasters; opinionated and papers on the right to shut them up.
I think it will notstand: excessive bail...unconstitutional.
It was democrats who crafted this assault.


10 posted on 12/09/2022 5:00:37 PM PST by dasboot (Nuanced foreign relations is the germ of international misunderstanding. )
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To: Jim Robinson

I second that.

All in favor...


11 posted on 12/09/2022 5:00:38 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the {Const'l} REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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RE: Get out of Jail free ?

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12 posted on 12/09/2022 5:01:47 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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13 posted on 12/09/2022 5:02:50 PM PST by JPG (MAGA)
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Effectively they’re socializing prison. Imprisonment and even prosecution will only occur for ideological crimes and no amount of money will change that or make bail.

This is the beginning of the communist state.


14 posted on 12/09/2022 5:11:16 PM PST by Skywise
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This is what years of Democratic rule does to a State. People of Illinois, fight back!


15 posted on 12/09/2022 5:15:34 PM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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Pritzker is irresponsible.


16 posted on 12/09/2022 5:20:26 PM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Skywise

What this means is they can pick and choose who gets pre-trial release. If you are one of the favored classes (you know who they are), you get out with no bail. If not, you’re stuck in jail regardless of your ability to post cash bail.

Blatant fourth amendment violation.


17 posted on 12/09/2022 5:38:01 PM PST by con-surf-ative
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To: george76

I’ve been to Illinois for pleasure. I’ve worked in Illinois. Thus, I can say I’ve been there and done that. Now I will add Illinois to my do not travel list.


18 posted on 12/09/2022 5:43:07 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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To: Jim Robinson

I live 90 miles from Chicago, we have already had a rise in crime in our area due to bad guys from Chicago coming out here. I have a daughter who lives there with her husband, and do worry about them. They are planning on moving out, to the suburbs in a few years. It can’t happen soon enough…


19 posted on 12/09/2022 5:43:48 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: popdonnelly

The GOP in this state sucks, for the most part, they’re assistant democrats.


20 posted on 12/09/2022 5:46:19 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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