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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Bail Reform Act of 1984 was an act passed under the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 that created new standards in the criminal justice system for setting pre-trail release and bail to defendants. Many of the goals for the 1984 act were to revise or tie up lose ends left on bail reform from the previously enacted 1966 Bail Reform Act.
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 ...
Activists argue that cash bail is an unseemly system that unfairly targets minorities. At the same time, the practice is fundamentally American and thus resistant to change.