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Hearings have been longer, more deliberative – resembling federal detention proceedings By BETH HUNDSDORFERand HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com In courtrooms around the state early this week, judges conducted the first hearings under a new system that determines whether a defendant will be jailed while awaiting trial based on dangerousness and risk of fleeing prosecution, rather […]

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