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Though other states have tried, Illinois is the first in the nation to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pretrial release for criminal defendants What to know about the end of the cash bail ...
A common criticism of the system of cash bail is that it creates a system where wealthier defendants are less likely to be incarcerated pre-trial than poorer defendants, even if they are accused of the same crime and pose the same risk to the community and judicial process. [62] [63]
A new study found no significant relationship between bail reform and crime rates, pushing back on the notion that bail reform led to the midpandemic spike in violent crime, the Brennan Center for ...
Proponents of eliminating cash bail for misdemeanors and non-violent offenses argue cash bail creates two tiers of justice, one for the rich who can either pay the bail themselves or pay a bonds person a percentage,10-15% in cash, the rest in collateral, to put up the bail; the other for poor people—often marginalized people of color—who ...
Now that system is fundamentally threatened by a recent New York court case that could be heard by the Supreme Court. Earlier this year, New York’s Court of Appeals (the state’s highest court ...
This motivated Steinberg to push The Bail Project forward as a way of challenging the cash bail system. Bail is typically paid only in cash. It is used as a way to guarantee the defendant will make an appearance at each hearing, or the money will be forfeited to the government. [5] There are criticisms of bail in the United States that question ...
Joe Biden’s new proposal to eliminate cash bail could put the $2 billion private bail bond industry out of business.
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