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Maicol and Baxter emphasized that bail reform legislation is not a political issue, it’s a public safety one. In a statement released by CSC, the group outlined its core initiatives: 1.
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.
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.
But, the plan says, “bail reform does not mean a carte blanche get-out-of-jail-free card.” Questions about whether bail reform has gone too far are being asked in smaller communities too.
At the same time, the practice is fundamentally American and thus resistant to change. Activists argue that cash bail is an unseemly system that unfairly targets minorities. At the same time, the ...
Nowhere was this more evident than his efforts to reform our bail system. In 1964, my father reminded the Senate at a hearing on bail legislation that in America we presume everyone is innocent ...
The U.S. state of New York enacted bail reform, in an act that stood from January to June 2020. As part of the New York State Fiscal Year (SFY) Budget for 2019–2020, passed on April 1, 2019, [1] [2] cash bail was eliminated for most misdemeanor and non-violent felony charges, [3] including stalking, assault without serious injury, burglary, many drug offenses, and some categories of arson ...
Marcella Dake spent a combined seven months in jail before the Bail Project paid to have her released and the possession and assault charges she was facing ultimately dropped.