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The Connecticut bondsmen sought relief from the forfeiture on grounds that they were not at fault in failing to secure McGuire's appearance, but rather that his nonappearance was the result of his extradition to Maine—an intervening "act of law" under the Extradition Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court, by a vote of 4 to 3 (two ...
Court-ordered cash bonds require the total amount of bail to be posted in cash. The court holds this money until the case is concluded. Cash bonds are typically ordered by the Court for the following reasons: when the Court believes the defendant is a flight risk, when the Court issues a warrant for unpaid fines, and when a defendant has failed ...
In the United States, it is common for bail to be a cash (or other property) deposit. Cash bail in other countries is more limited. [3] Known as a bail bond or cash bail, an amount of money is posted so that the suspect can be released from pre-trial detention. Unless posted by a bail bondsman, this deposit is refunded if the suspect makes all ...
Prosecutors, public defenders, law enforcement and courts are getting ready for the Sept. 18 end of cash bail in the Rockford region and Illinois.
Georgia, once a self-proclaimed leader in criminal justice reform, is sliding a little further toward its old lock-'em-up ways. State senators voted 30-17 on Thursday to require cash bail for 30 ...
Colt Gray, the 14-year-old accused of opening fire at his Georgia high school, and his father, Colin Gray, each made their first appearances in the same courtroom Friday in connection to the mass ...
The Chicago Community Bond Fund was formally established in 2015 in reaction to police shootings of people of color in Chicago, [1] [2] growing out of an informal effort by members of the National Lawyers Guild to secure the release of several family members and friends of DeSean Pittman, a Black man who had been shot and killed by the Chicago Police, who had been arrested during and following ...
Law enforcement ran a yearlong undercover investigation that involved purchasing over 100 bonds from Singh and her accomplices, officials said. Home aide stole $280,000 of woman’s bonds meant ...