[caption id="attachment_193687" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Winnebago County State's Attorney J. Hanley announces Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, that he has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the implementation of the SAFE-T Act in Illinois. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)[/caption]
Winnebago County State's Attorney J. Hanley held a news conference on Thursday to announce that he was filing a lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of the Pretrial Fairness Act in Illinois, which ends cash bail Jan. 1.
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You can listen to his full opening statement at Thursday's news conference below: