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Ending cash bail nationwide has become a key goal of the criminal justice reform movement, one part of the fight to address economic and racial disparities and prevent people from experiencing the ...
In 2019, New York passed legislation curtailing cash bail for nonviolent defendants, hailed as a measure to stop the poor from being jailed before trial simply because they had few resources.
Jun. 13—CONCORD — After five years of sometimes bitter infighting, the Legislature approved a significant reform of the state's bail laws and Gov. Chris Sununu said he's looking forward to ...
Jun. 5—CONCORD — After five years of sometimes bitter division, House and Senate negotiators on Wednesday endorsed a bail reform bill that would require those arrested for violent crimes to ...
The VISTA bail bond program in Baltimore in the 1960s, which dealt with 16-20 year old defendants, [70] suggested that while youth are more susceptible to negative consequences of pretrial release conditions, they are also more receptive to positive bail reform programs. There exist socioeconomic arguments against bail reform as well.
Apr. 2—CONCORD — Multiple bail reform proposals were combined into a single bill Tuesday that would require those accused of serious violent crimes to stay in jail until they can appear in ...
In August 2017, the governor passed a reform bill for the criminal justice system of Connecticut. This bill included a bail reform to get rid of cash bail for misdemeanor level and non-violent offenses. It also included a requirement of a criminal conviction before seizing the asset(s) someone put up for bail.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp this week signed a controversial cash bail bill into law in a move that bail reform advocates see as unraveling decades of progress on criminal justice policies. The law ...