Court officials across the Chicago area say they’ll be ready when Illinois becomes the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail on Monday, but that doesn’t mean some are any less concerned about a law they once decried as a threat to public safety.
“We’re going to try to make it work,” said McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally, a vocal critic of the state’s bail reform. “I think there is going to be a significant cost to this in terms of harm and misery caused.”
