Bail reform emerges as new flashpoint in midterm messaging ... - NBC News
Jul 16, 2022 · Amid a contentious midterm elections season and rising crime rates in some areas, longstanding political attacks on criminal justice reform have found a new foe: bail reform.
Bail: Latest News, Top Stories & Analysis - POLITICO
New York Democrats pare back nation-leading bail reform amid crime wave. By JOSEPH SPECTOR and ANNA GRONEWOLD. 04/11/2022 03:45 PM EDT.
US Justice Department moves for fines-and-fees reform, backs off bail …
Apr 28, 2023 · (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department last week reinstated and revised guidance that warns officials about unjust fines and fees imposed through the court system, saying the policies cause...
Fact-checking claims bail reform is driving increase in violent crime - CNN
Jul 7, 2021 · Several states and jurisdictions have passed bail reform to varying degrees for misdemeanor offenses. Washington, DC, removed cash bail in most cases in 1992. New Mexico largely eliminated it...
New York rolls back bail reforms that gave judges more discretion
May 4, 2023 · New York is rolling back some bail reforms it passed earlier to give judges more discretion on who gets released from custody. The move follows criticism of no-bail reform enacted in 2022.
A new scientific method for bail reform - ABC News
Feb 2, 2023 · The release conditions matrix is a grid that scores detainees based on their histories. Failure to appear (FTA) and new criminal arrests (NCA) are key in determining pretrial release conditions ...
National bail fund exits Georgia over new law that expands cash bail ...
Jun 10, 2024 · ATLANTA (AP) — The Bail Project, a national nonprofit that aids thousands of low-income people who are behind bars, announced Monday that it has closed its Atlanta branch due to a new Georgia law that expands cash bail and restricts organizations that post inmates’ bonds as they await trial.
Illinois leads the way with historic bail reform after state high court ...
Jul 24, 2023 · Illinois will make history in September as the first state in the country to eliminate cash bail, following a recent decision by Illinois Supreme Court to uphold criminal justice reform laws...
Detroit cash bail reforms to strike at racial inequality | AP News
Jul 12, 2022 · Michigan’s largest district court and bail reform advocates agreed Tuesday to settle a federal class-action lawsuit over cash bail practices, which activists say routinely and unconstitutionally jail poor and working class defendants despite evidence of their inability to pay.
bail | PBS News
Sep 10, 2024 · In states across the country, a cash bail system can mean that poor defendants remain in jail while wealthier defendants go free. But a model to address those disparities began this year in New...