All nine candidates running for mayor of Chicago were asked about a bill passed by the Illinois General Assembly that would eliminate cash bail, a piece of legislation that is currently on hold as court challenges to the bill move their way through the court system.
I do also support the elimination of cash bail. The bail is supposed to be used to compel appearances in court. You should not be subjected to that just because you don’t have money.Judges do have the authority to keep someone in jail if they feel they are a threat to others, or a threat to society in general. That portion still stands, and I still support that as well.I support no-cash bail.
When you look at those people who have been released, a lot of the times they may have been arrested for six or seven felonies, and yet they’re still being released. The problem is that they’re not making that determination all the time, or they’re at least not making the right determination. I mean, 15% of these individuals who have committed murder, or who have shot somebody, have been out on pretrial release programs. There’s a real problem with this.
That’s why we have to take it seriously and be smart about it. It really requires us to invest, promoting 200 or more detectives, making sure that we’ve doubled the amount of young people that are hired. That’s in my plan.
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