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Report: Judging bail reform impossible because officials withhold key data
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The county judges and sheriff make meaningful review of bail reforms difficult by withholding key data, the Civic Federation reports.
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Fewer suspects held pretrial under new bond rules, chief judge says
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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.