Courts adapt as bail ends
In courtrooms around the state early this week, judges conducted what often were slow-going first hearings under a new system that determines wheth...
October 3, 2023
3:24 AM
In courtrooms around the state early this week, judges conducted what often were slow-going first hearings under a new system that determines whether a defendant will be jailed while awaiting trial based on dangerousness and risk of fleeing prosecution, rather than their ability to post bail. ABORTION CLINIC: A 73-year-old Prophetstown man has pleaded guilty to driving a car into a planned abortion clinic in Danville and trying to set the building on fire earlier this year, prosecutors said Wednesday.