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JimGinPA

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 03:38 PM Feb 2021

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs sweeping Illinois criminal justice overhaul including eliminating cash bail [View all]

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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