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In light of the sweeping and controversial criminal justice reform bill that just passed in the Illinois legislature this morning, here's a 
of some @injusticewatch coverage about issues that advocates pushed to address in the proposed legislation (1/6) :
of some @injusticewatch coverage about issues that advocates pushed to address in the proposed legislation (1/6) :
First up, cash bail. The new bill would eliminate the use of cash bail in the state -- making Illinois the first state to do so. Story via @jasonasenso: https://www.injusticewatch.org/news/2020/pretrial-fairness-act-bill-end-cash-bail-illinois/ (2/6)
We examined Cook County's bail system in 2016 (prior to a drastic countywide revamp of the bail system) and found that poor people languished for days, weeks and months behind bars only because they were unable to pay: https://www.injusticewatch.org/interactives/bent-on-bail/ (3/6)
Injustice Watch reporters and interns fanned out to each of Chicago's criminal courthouses, finding that bail decisions were arbitrary and varied greatly judge-by-judge (4/6) https://www.injusticewatch.org/interactives/jail-roulette/
Next up: Requirements for state prisons and jails to inform the public and families about deaths in custody. @e_lubitsch wrote about the pain families death with after losing loved ones to Covid-19 in custody, while prison officials told them little (5/6): https://www.injusticewatch.org/news/2020/covid-19-at-illinois-corrections-leaves-loved-ones-in-dark/
Amended: There's also a provision of the bill that narrows the state's so-called "felony murder" statute (read the latest, via @ritaguera25
) (6/6) https://www.injusticewatch.org/news/2021/criminal-justice-reform-felony-murder-prosecutions-illinois/
) (6/6) https://www.injusticewatch.org/news/2021/criminal-justice-reform-felony-murder-prosecutions-illinois/
