Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it
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Critics of cash bail as a condition of pretrial release say it is especially unfair to Black people and other people of color.

A law abolishing cash bail will take effect in Illinois on Sept. 18. The change makes Illinois the first state to eliminate the practice and a nationally watched testing ground for whether such a change can work.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•1 year ago

    But how will we separate out the good from the bad if not by the ability to cough up cash on demand?

    • roofuskit
      1•1 year ago

      You joke, but half the country thinks this exact way. Despite most of them being poor.