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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Matthew Hendrickson

Illinois becomes first state in nation to eliminate cash bail: Here’s how it will work

Briana Payton, senior policy analyst at Chicago Appleseed, speaks during a news conference at Daley Plaza, where the Coalition to End Money Bond and their supporters rejected the use of pretrial electronic monitoring last week. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Illinois became the first state in the nation Monday to completely remove cash bail as a condition to be released ahead of a criminal trial.

Here’s how the new system will work, with some questions still to be answered.

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