Cash bail not perfect; it’s a compromise solution
January 30, 2023
Cash bail is punishment for people who can’t afford it Your recent editorial on a key provision of the SAFE-T Act (“State making an attempt at fairness for pretrial detainees,” Jan. 16) was spot on. As you note, the issue of cash bail is an issue of equity. I would only add that lack of […]
No one cheers when reporting that McHenry County had 42 opioid overdose deaths (with two more pending toxicology reports) in 2021. But knowing that the number of overdose deaths in the county fell from 51 in 2020 – and is nearly half the worst toll of 79 in 2017 – provides hope that the county’s […]
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