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:
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