CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's been two years since Illinois became the first state to eliminate bond money as a condition for pre-trial release.

The anniversary comes as some Republican lawmakers are fighting to repeal or alter the Pre-Trial Fairness Act.

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For decades, "cash" controlled whether a person charged with a crime would sit in jail before trial or wait it out at home.

"If you're a danger to the public, you shouldn't be able to buy your way out of jail like a Jeffrey Epstein type, while at the same time, if you're not a danger to the public, you do not need to be incarcerated before you're found guilty," Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke said.

Removing cash from the decision to detain someone is the foundation of

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