An Illinois state’s attorney has filed suit seeking to have a controversial policing and justice reform law declared unconstitutional.
The lawsuit by Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe is the latest effort to throw out the SAFE-T Act, which among other things will end cash bail in Illinois next year. Rowe is a Democrat, but he says the law approved by Democratic lawmakers and Governor JB Pritzker is unconstitutional because it changes provisions on bail that are already spelled out in the state constitution.
Many Republican lawmakers and candidates have argued that ending cash bail will result in dangerous criminals going free… putting the public in danger.
