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Early research shows impact of cashless bail less than many hoped or feared
Sep 14, 2024 12:40 pm - SPRINGFIELD – One year after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate the use of cash bail, the impact on the state’s criminal justice system appears to...
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‘People who should be held are being held’: Pretrial Fairness Act marks first year this weekSep 14, 2024 12:36 pm - One year after cashless bail went into effect, proponents say the new law has accomplished what they intended which is to detain violent offenders awaiting trial. Opponents, including one county sheriff, call it a “failed and flawed law” and say it has placed more people in custody and increased courtroom caseloads.
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Chicago woman charged with prostitution at Geneva spa
Sep 14, 2024 12:21 pm - A Chicago woman faces criminal prostitution charges after a Geneva police investigation led to her arrest on Wednesday, police announced Friday.
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Apple seeks to drop its lawsuit against Israeli spyware pioneer NSO
Sep 13, 2024 10:55 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Apple asked a court Friday to dismiss its three-year-old hacking lawsuit against spyware pioneer NSO Group, arguing that it might never be able to get the...
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North Korea reveals uranium site as Kim Jong Un demands more nuclear weapons
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Vessel rescued in English Channel after emergency call to Dover, Delaware, instead of Dover, England
Sep 13, 2024 10:54 pm - DOVER, Del. — Police dispatchers in Delaware’s capital city are being lauded for helping direct rescuers to a boat foundering in the English Channel thousands of miles aw...
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Biden meets with British leader and brushes off Putin’s threats about weapons for Ukraine
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US says Russian state media outlet runs intelligence operations
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Harris says she is different from Biden because ‘I offer a new generation of leadership’
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Trump and Vance are still stoking fears of Haitian migrants, as Ohio community faces bomb threats