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(The Center Square) – Illinois legislators are done for the year, but they’ll be back in early January before the new General Assembly is seated. Republicans are issuing warnings. There were ...
Cook County to request pretrial detention in violent cases Cook County's new state's attorney has announced a change to the county's policy involving the controversial SAFE-T Act. Eileen O'Neill ...
The law was reportedly widely used against offenders who had engaged in consensual sexual activity. [6] On July 28, 1961, Illinois enacted a new state law code, that became effective on January 1, 1962, and eliminated the state's sodomy laws. It was the first state to eliminate its sodomy laws and established an age of consent of 18. [6]
Corruption in Illinois has been a problem from the earliest history of the state. [1] Electoral fraud in Illinois pre-dates the territory's admission to the Union in 1818. [ 2 ] Illinois had the third most federal criminal convictions for public corruption between 1976 and 2012, behind New York and California .
CHICAGO (WTVO) — A federal appeals court in Chicago ruled that the Illinois assault weapon ban can remain in effect while the law is debated. This decision came on Thursday as lawyers ...
Illinois Voices for Reform says that current laws unfairly stigmatize young and low-risk offenders, such as those engaging in consensual teenage sex or sexting. [3] They believe that laws should be based on research and empirical evidence of what works, and that "feel good" laws based on public hysteria surrounding high-profile, but rare cases waste taxpayer dollars, violate the rights of ...
New state laws taking effect Saturday target some of the most divisive topics in America including abortion, gender and guns. The start of July marks the start of the budget year in most states ...
The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, commonly known as the SAFE-T Act, is a state of Illinois statute enacted in 2021 that makes a number of reforms to the criminal justice system, affecting policing, pretrial detention and bail, sentencing, and corrections.