The state's highest court overturned a ruling by a Kankakee County judge that the law ending cash bail was unconstitutional.

In a 5-2 ruling Tuesday morning, the state’s highest court overturned a ruling by a Kankakee County judge that the law ending cash bail was unconstitutional. The end to cash bail will now go into effect across the entire state on Sept. 18, according to the Illinois Supreme Court ruling.

  • SheeEttin@lemmy.world
    31·
    1 year ago

    What? Yes, you get the bail money back. Otherwise, a bail bondsman would just be throwing that 90% away every time.

      • SheeEttin@lemmy.world
        31·
        1 year ago

        You know I can see the timestamps, right? You posted the comment at 17:09:18, I replied at 17:20:56, you edited at 17:24:00.

        Even if you edited multiple times and that’s only the most recent one, yes, in whatever time it was between me opening this post and submitting the comment, I did spend some time reading about bail, first just to make sure I wasn’t crazy, and then just out of curiosity.