(The Center Square) – A full year into the state’s end of cash bail, a suburban county state’s attorney says the law has been “an abject failure” for his county. Illinois ended cash bail statewide in September 2023 after litigation against the law was struck down by the Illinois Supreme Court. The Pretrial Fairness Act is part of the Safety, Accountability, Fairness, and Equity Today, or SAFE-T, Act.