SPRINGFIELD — The state’s highest court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could drastically alter the legal landscape for criminal defendants who are incarcerated as they await trial. It’s the latest development in the ongoing legal challenge to the pretrial detention provisions of the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform — short for Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today — which the high court put on hold in December just hours before it was scheduled to take effect.
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