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Chicago’s ‘Affordable Bail’ Results In At Least 32 Arrested For Violent Crimes After Being Released

Ashe Schow
Chicago’s ‘Affordable Bail’ Results In At Least 32 Arrested For Violent Crimes After Being Released
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Since Chicago has adopted an “affordable bail” approach that allows more people charged with violent crimes to pay a fee to be released, at least 32 have been arrested for committing violent crimes after they were put back out on the streets.

CWBChicago reported Tuesday that it “identified 32 people who were charged with committing murder, attempted murder, or aggravated battery with a firearm while free on bail for serious felonies in 2020.”

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