Republican candidate for governor and former State Senator Darren Bailey held a news conference at the Statehouse on Thursday to call for the SAFE-T Act’s repeal.
Bailey’s six-point proposal would keep the no-cash bail system and require judges to evaluate a person’s criminal history, compliance with supervision and risk to victims.
It would also allow judges to order detention of people who are deemed a public safety threat or flight risk before trial. All of those are components of the current law.
Bailey’s more specific changes to the law would create a presumption of detention for repeat violent offenders, while the current law requires prosecutors to prove a person must be detained.
He also wants changes to electronic monitoring rules to end free movement requirements.