Posted on 12/29/2022 7:37:24 AM PST by usconservative
A Kankakee County judge has found that a key provision of Illinois’ sweeping criminal justice law is unconstitutional, potentially rolling back a controversial measure that would eliminate the use of cash bail as of New Year’s Day, according to a copy of the judge’s ruling obtained by the Tribune.
The judge’s ruling affects only the pretrial release provisions of the law, known as the SAFE-T ACT, leaving all other measures intact. Judge Thomas Cunnington is expected to file his ruling Thursday morning.
Cunnington’s decision stems from a lawsuit filed by about 60 state’s attorneys across Illinois. The ruling states that Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois General Assembly violated the separation of powers section of the Illinois Constitution when they pushed through the SAFE-T Act in early 2021 by “by depriving the courts of their inherent authority to administer and control their courtrooms and to set bail.”
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“Suburban not “downstate”
And not one single member of the IL GOP filed a lawsuit against the blatant gerrymandering that clearly was designed to dilute Republican votes.
Not one.
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