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>>> IT IS 6:26 IN THE MORNING IN >>> IT IS 6:26 IN THE MORNING IN THE GREAT CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. AND OFFICIALS THERE IN COOK COUNTY SAY THEY WILL PROCEED WITH THE ELIMINATION OF CASH BAIL ON JANUARY 1st AFTER A RULING BY A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE HELD PORTIONS OF THE CONTROVERSIAL SAFE-T ACT WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS HE NOW PLANS TO TAKE IT TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT. >> THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF OFFENSES, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. WE ARE MAKING DECISION IN MANY CASES, SOMETIMES FOR MINOR OFFENSES, THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE DETAINED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BOND THEMSELVES OUT. OFTENTIMES, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE SPEND MORE TIME IN JAIL THAN THEY WOULD HAD BEEN SENTENCED HAD THEY BEEN CONVICTED OF THE CRIME DAY ONE. AND THAT MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. >> TO HELP US SORT THROUGH THIS, WE'RE JOINED NOW BY NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT THAT QUOOELSHAQUIL LIVE FROM CHICAGO. EXPLAIN TO US IF YOU CAN WHAT'S AT ISSUE, AND WHAT SOME OF THE PUSHBACK IS ON IT. >> GOOD MORNING, WILLIE. WELL, THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE ELIMINATION OF CASH BAIL. ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL TELLING ME THAT HE WILL IMMEDIATELY APPEAL THIS RULING, THAT ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS MOST COUNTIES IN THE STATE TO AT LEAST DELAY IMPLEMENTATION, EVEN AS THE MOST POPULOUS COUNTIES PLOW AHEAD. WHEN THIS LAW WAS PASSED, JUST MONTHS AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, IT WAS SEEN AS BOTH A MAJOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE VICTORY, BUT ALSO A SERIOUS LIABILITY. NOW, IN JUST A FEW SHORT DAYS, IT WILL BECOME A REALITY. AS CRIME-FOCUSED ADS FLOODED TELEVISION AIR WAVES THIS FALL -- >> THE LAWLESSNESS OF CHICAGO WILL SOON BE THE LAW STATEWIDE. >> A SWEEPING NEW LAW IN ILLINOIS TOOK CENTER STAGE IN CONSERVATIVE MESSAGING. >> DIDN'T ILLINOIS JUST PASS SOME NEW LAW? THE PURGE -- >> THE SAFE-T LAW. >> Reporter: ILLINOIS ATTEMPTING TO BECOME THE FIRST STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO ABOLISH CASH BAIL. IF THE LAW SURVIVES LEGAL CHALLENGES, THOSE ACCUSED OF CRIMES WILL NO LONGER NEED TO PAY A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO BE REID. INSTEAD, JUDGES MAY DETERMINE DETENTION, ELIMINATING THE WEALTH ADVANTAGE. >> IN THE 35 YEARS I'VE BEEN A PROSECUTOR, THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. DuPAGE COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY ROBERT BERLIN WAS USED IN ADS ATTACKING THE LAW. >> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE VIOLENT CRIMINALS OUT ON THE STREET. >> HE AND OTHER STATE'S ATTORNEYS SECURED CHANGES SIGNED INTO LAW THIS MONTH. >> I WAS A VOCAL CRITIC BACK THEN, BUT WITH THIS AMENDMENT, THAT'S CHANGED EVERYTHING. JUDGES HAVE THE TOOLS TO DETAIN VIOLENT CRIMINALS, TO DETAIN DEFENDANTS WHO ARE LIKELY TO COMMIT OTHER OFFENSES AND PUT THE COMMUNITY AT RISK. >> Reporter: CHICAGO'S CHIEF PUBLIC DEFENDER, SHEROME MITCHELL HAS BEEN OPPOSED TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM FOR YEARS. >> WE'RE MOVING TO A SYSTEM THAT'S MORE SERIOUS, MORE INFORMED, AND MORE FAIR AND...