Top Democratic prosecutors revolt against criminal justice reform law they say will 'destroy' Illinois

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Democratic prosecutor in the Chicago-area is sounding the alarm over a
criminal justice reform law that will "tie the hands" of prosecutors and
"destroy the criminal justice system in Illinois."

The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act, signed
by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., in 2021, will implement sweeping
reforms to Illinois’ criminal justice system, though it has drawn
criticism from law enforcement professionals across the political
spectrum.

"I never, in my 40-years in this profession, ever thought I'd ever see
anything close to this," Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow told
Fox News Digital in an interview. "The intent of this law is to destroy
the criminal justice system in Illinois, and I'm not going to let that
happen."

AMERICA'S 'MOST DANGEROUS' LAW? ILLINOIS CANDIDATE WARNS OF 'ANARCHY'
AFTER CRIMINAL JUSTICE OVERHAUL

The law includes numerous provisions that proponents say will improve
public safety in Illinois and make the state's criminal justice system
more equitable.

Critics of the law take issue with some of those provisions, including
ending cash bail; prohibiting judges from considering a defendant's
previous behavior when determining whether he or she is a flight risk;
allowing a 48-hour period between the time a defendant on electronic
monitoring leaves home without permission and the time authorities can
charge that person with escape; and new police training policies without
additional funding for departments.

Glasgow, one of the most high-profile state prosecutors to come out
against the SAFE-T Act, is joined by 100 of 102 Democratic and Republican
state's attorneys in Illinois who oppose the law.

ILLINOIS SAFE-T ACT: FORMER CHICAGO-AREA POLICE CHIEF, PROSECUTOR SOUND
ALARM OVER FAST-TRACKED SAFETY LAW

Under the SAFE-T Act, second-degree murder, aggravated assault, drug
offenses, intimidation, carjacking, and arson will not be detainable
offenses unless the suspect is proven to be a flight risk or risk to
public safety.

The standards to prove "willful flight" in these instances have also been
raised to unrealistic standards, according to Glasgow, further reducing
the chance of detaining individuals on these charges.

There are over 600 inmates in the Will County jail, however under
Pritzker's recent law, about half of these inmates will be released on day
one of it going into effect, according to Glasgow, with the remaining half
released 90-days later.

"Have you ever heard of any government passing a law to release everyone
in their jails? No one has ever done that before, and no one would ever
think to do that," Glasgow went on. " That would be suicide."

Glasgow said that the greatest "fallacy" of this new law is that felony
defendants will still be detained, pointing out that prosecutors will be
required to take cases to trial within 90 days, otherwise defendants are
released — a task he said is virtually impossible given the complexity of
many legal cases.

The Will County state's attorney has been public that he is not against
bail reform, often pointing to New Jersey as a successful model of
modernizing the cash bail system without increases in violent crime rates,
however he believes the SAFE-T Act is not the correct course of action.

"The bottom line is there has to be a balance," Glasgow said. "And when
someone crosses a line, with regards to violent crime, that has to be
addressed aggressively in order to prevent that person from harming other
people."


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