Jo Daviess County state’s attorney sues over law eliminating cash bail

The Jo Daviess County State’s Attorney has joined a group filing a suit over the elimination of cash bail in the “Safe-T Act.” The act abolishes cash bail in Illinois starting Jan. 1. Judges cannot consider potential risk to the community in determining whether a person is detained. Critics of the new law are concerned it will make it nearly impossible to detain suspects ahead of trial, while proponents say the changes still allow suspects to be detained for serious crimes and reform practices that had little regard for the potential threat a suspect posed.