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    Criminal justice reform

    Prisons and Jails

    Over 200,000 people are serving life in U.S. prisons. These are the consequences.

    By Josh McGhee | February 25, 2021

    The Sentencing Project’s latest report explores “America’s enduring reliance on life imprisonment.”

    COVID-19

    Illinois criminal justice reform ends cash bail, changes felony murder rule

    By Emanuella Evans and Rita Oceguera | February 23, 2021

    Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs historic criminal justice reform package into law, reforming almost every area of the justice system — from police accountability to pretrial detention to sentencing.

    Commentary

    Illinois criminal justice reform bill critics playing ‘Fear-Mongering Bingo’ says State Sen. Robert Peters

    By Robert Peters | January 21, 2021

    Peters alleges that police and conservatives bashing the reforms, including the “Pretrial Fairness Act” that would end cash bail in Illinois, are using “Willie Horton-style scare tactics.”

    News

    Thousands of Illinois drivers would get their licenses back under a criminal justice reform bill

    By Melissa Sanchez (ProPublica Illinois) | January 19, 2021

    If signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the legislation would restore the driving privileges of some 11,000 people by July.

    News

    Illinois lawmakers move to end cash bail with ‘Pretrial Fairness Act’

    By Emanuella Evans | January 14, 2021

    A bill that would end the use of cash bail statewide passed in the Illinois legislature this week. Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign the provision, part of a massive criminal justice reform bill, into law.

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