Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is suggesting he would be open to amending the SAFE-T Act after a man with a long criminal history was charged with setting a Chicago train passenger on fire.
The incident happened last Monday evening on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line.
Pritzker spoke at an unrelated event in Skokie Friday and was asked if it was time to amend the state’s SAFE-T Act and the provision which ended cash bail in Illinois.
A reporter told Pritzker that prosecutors reported problems with the law, saying it prevents dangerous people from being held.
The suspect in the CTA fire case had 49 previous arrests.
Illinois Republicans have called for the SAFE-T Act to be amended or repealed.
Story from Illinois Radio Network
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