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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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