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    Central bond court

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    Cook County Chief Judge sues County Board over budget

    By Emily Hoerner | November 30, 2017

    Cook County’s Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans filed suit against the Cook County Board Thursday, contending the budget cuts would require laying off 161 court employees and put in jeopardy recent efforts to revamp the county’s bail system.

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    Fewer suspects held pretrial under new bond rules, chief judge says

    By Emily Hoerner | October 27, 2017

    Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge says the new rules he imposed on bond court have driven down the number of pretrial detainees ordered to post cash to be released from custody. “The new system is doing just what I had promised you it would do,” he tells Cook County commissioners at Friday hearing.

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