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But when they tried to push bail reform at the state level, legislators dismissed the harms of cash bail as a Chicago problem. So in 2019, more than 40 organizations launched the Illinois Network ...
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 ...
In spring 2020, the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Pretrial Practices strongly endorsed bail reform, noting that found that a defendant who can’t afford bail sees his or her life unravel ...
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 ...
The night before historic bail reforms were set to take effect on Jan. 1, Cook County court officials and workers were poised to implement the new system after years of seemingly nonstop meetings.
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.
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.