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	Podcast:		Illinois Issues
	Episode:		Ending Cash Bond Will Help Domestic Violence Survivors: Advocates
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:06
	Publish Date:		2021-03-11 21:24:50
	Description:		A man was arrested for domestic battery and had to appear in Cook County domestic violence court. He paid his bond and was released. Then he was charged and arrested again while out on bond. Those cases were still pending when he was arrested for violating an order of protection and finally taken into custody. “The guy just bonded out over and over and over again and kept violating,” said Melanie MacBride, who is a managing attorney at the Metropolitan Family Services’ Legal Aid Society. Advocates for domestic violence and sexual assault say the situation she described shows the flaws in how the criminal justice system handles domestic violence now, and makes the case for a revamp: A revamp like the one outlined in Illinois’ recent criminal reform laws, which included the landmark Pretrial Fairness Act. But associations of sheriffs, police chiefs, police unions and state attorneys came out in force to oppose the measure before the governor signed the bill. GOP representative Patrick
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