Suppose you are arrested for stealing a car. You’ll be brought to the police station, where the officer on duty will tell you the price for your release. Under the ...

ThinkTennessee said Amendment 1 could let judges deny bail for up to 144 additional offenses. The report does not estimate ...

A group of lawmakers is introducing legislation that aims to strengthen the bail process and protect potential victims of ...

Rabuy and the NYCLU argue that the original bail reform policy adopted in 2019 undid a law that disproportionately punished poor people. For example, a 2023 report from the progressive policy think ...

Have you ever taken a moment to think about the cash bail system in the United States? If you’re like me, you may have just accepted it as the way things are and never given it a second thought. But ...

For all the death, misery and havoc that COVID-19 inflicted during its first three years, the pandemic did bring one short-lived benefit to the criminal justice system, at least in Los Angeles County.

President Trump’s executive order wields a cutoff of federal funds as a threat to pressure jurisdictions like Washington, D.C., to stop releasing defendants without forcing them to post a payment, ...

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