In 2023, Illinois became the first state to end cash bail, but how did it happen? Cook County, IL Chief Public Defender, Sharone R. Mitchell Jr., describes how community members, activists, legal experts and more came together to pass the historic Pretrial Fairness Act: bit.ly/49Q7zlt

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