A man pays cash bail in the bond office to secure his brother's release in December 2022, at Division 5 of the Cook County Jail.
Mandatory Credit:	Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

A man pays cash bail in the bond office to secure his brother's release in December 2022, at Division 5 of the Cook County Jail.
Mandatory Credit: Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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