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2. Bail in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Bail laws vary from state to state. Generally, a person charged with a non-capital crime can be expected to be granted bail. Some states have enacted statutes modeled on federal law that permit pretrial detention of persons charged with serious violent offenses, if it can be demonstrated that the defendant is a flight risk or a danger to the community.

3. Online banks vs. traditional banks: Key differences - AOL

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   Perks that save time and money. You may miss the days of free toasters for opening an account, but some online banks offer useful perks — like access to direct deposits up to two days early or ...

4. PACER (law) - Wikipedia

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   Pacer. PACER ( acronym for Public Access to Court Electronic Records) is an electronic public access service for United States federal court documents. It allows authorized users to obtain case and docket information from the United States district courts, United States courts of appeals, and United States bankruptcy courts.

5. Hush money - Wikipedia

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   Hush money. Hush money is an arrangement in which one person or party offers another money or other enticement, in exchange for remaining silent about some illegal, stigmatized, or shameful behavior, action, or other fact about the person or party who has made the offer. [1] It can also be money paid to placate a disgruntled adversary who may ...

6. The end of cash bail is coming. Here's how Rockford area ...

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   Money bonds will no longer be used to make sure defendants return to court for trial and hearings, a practice criminal justice reform advocates argued penalized anyone who couldn't afford bail.

7. Illinois is first state to eliminate cash bail, a penalty ...

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   Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pretrial release from jail on Tuesday when the state Supreme Court upheld the constitutionally of the law ...

8. Civil forfeiture in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, civil forfeiture (also called civil asset forfeiture or civil judicial forfeiture) [1] is a process in which law enforcement officers take assets from people who are suspected of involvement with crime or illegal activity without necessarily charging the owners with wrongdoing.

9. Illinois law eliminating cash bail upheld by state's high court

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   Illinois' top court on Tuesday upheld a 2021 state law that eliminated cash bail and ordered that it take effect in September, clearing the way for the state to implement one of the most sweeping ...