President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday threatening to withhold or revoke federal funding to local and state governments that offer cashless bail, arguing that it is a threat to ...
President Donald Trump's latest move in his crime crackdown is an executive order to end cashless bail, and he threatened to withhold federal funding from states that don’t end those policies. The Aug ...
Find out more about our series Breaking the Bond here. The vast majority of people who are arrested in this country cannot afford to pay bail — which is why states across the U.S. have tried to change ...
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 ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Two readers respond to recent op-ed on bail policy, offering contrasting views on reforms to the criminal justice ...
Could this end the cash-bail system? Critics are skeptical. Cities and towns around the country are turning to a new scientifically based algorithm that will work to help judges make decisions during ...
Newly elected Judge Michele Oncken, presiding over the 338th District Court, appears to be the first in Harris County to deny bail to an illegal foreign national in a murder trial after new bail ...
Houston – For the first time in Texas, a law approved by voters is being used to deny bail to a violent crime suspect.
California’s newly signed law abolishing money bail makes the livelihoods of thousands of bail bondsmen obsolete — and in Sacramento, which is dotted with colorful figures from the industry, many are ...
America’s justice system runs on the exchange of money for freedom. Some say that’s unfair. But can data fix it? By Jon Schuppe Aug 22, 2017 JERSEY CITY, N.J. ─ On the ground floor of a deteriorating ...
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