>The biggest concern was that the abolition of cash bail would lead to a rise in crime. In fact, violent crime and property crime are down.
>In Cook County, the length of time being spent in court went from about four minutes to 16 minutes after the law went into effect. This is because judges are explaining their detention decisions more thoroughly.
>Before the law went into effect, about 17% of defendants missed their court appearance. Now, it is 15%.
>Jail populations are also down. The population of the Cook County Jail is down about 14 percent. Other urban parts of the state are also down about 14% in their jail populations, while rural counties are down about 25%.
>The use of electronic monitoring in Cook County was predicted to rise. But so far, the data show that it hasn’t.
>Defendants avoided roughly $6.7 million in bond costs in the first nine months since the law went into effect.
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Is there any reason to believe cash bail would lower crime rates? Seems to just be propping up a lucrative and exploitive bondsman industry
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>The biggest concern was that the abolition of cash bail would lead to a rise in crime. In fact, violent crime and property crime are down.
>In Cook County, the length of time being spent in court went from about four minutes to 16 minutes after the law went into effect. This is because judges are explaining their detention decisions more thoroughly.
>Before the law went into effect, about 17% of defendants missed their court appearance. Now, it is 15%.
>Jail populations are also down. The population of the Cook County Jail is down about 14 percent. Other urban parts of the state are also down about 14% in their jail populations, while rural counties are down about 25%.
>The use of electronic monitoring in Cook County was predicted to rise. But so far, the data show that it hasn’t.
>Defendants avoided roughly $6.7 million in bond costs in the first nine months since the law went into effect.
!ping chi&broken-windows
Is there any reason to believe cash bail would lower crime rates? Seems to just be propping up a lucrative and exploitive bondsman industry