@gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 2 months ago6 months after Illinois ended cash bail, jail populations are down as courts settle into new patternswww.chicagotribune.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1267arrow-down1external-link6 months after Illinois ended cash bail, jail populations are down as courts settle into new patternswww.chicagotribune.com@gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 2 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareBuelldozerAlink3•2 months agoJail is for pre-trial and post-trial with sentences of less than 12 months. Plea deals have nothing to do with either of those.
minus-square@ryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink5•edit-22 months agoIf your trial date is over a year out, a plea deal that get you out in 6 months looks a lot better.
minus-square@BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•2 months agoYou’ve never heard of a sentencing with the phrase “time served?” That’s what they’re usually referring to, you’ve already served X amount of time being held in jail, and that will count towards/cover whatever your sentencing is.
Jail is for pre-trial and post-trial with sentences of less than 12 months. Plea deals have nothing to do with either of those.
If your trial date is over a year out, a plea deal that get you out in 6 months looks a lot better.
You’ve never heard of a sentencing with the phrase “time served?” That’s what they’re usually referring to, you’ve already served X amount of time being held in jail, and that will count towards/cover whatever your sentencing is.