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The court in many jurisdictions, especially states that as of 2012 prohibited surety bail bondsmen – Oregon, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky and Maine [29] – may demand a certain amount of the total bail (typically 10%) be given to the court, which is known as surety on the bond and unlike with bail bondsmen, is returned if the ...
The Manhattan Bail Project was an initiative of the Vera Institute of Justice. [3] With the success of the Manhattan Bail Project, several other jurisdictions across the country began to implement pretrial services programs. These early pretrial services programs were primarily for low-risk indigent defendants, unable to pay a financial bond. [4]
He is the founder and portfolio manager of Brattle Street Capital, a long/short equity hedge fund based in New York. [1] [2] [3] In June 2022, Blotnick pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges associated with claiming $6.8 million in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, and was sentenced to 51 months in prison ...
In 2019, New York passed bail reform legislation that took effect on January 1, 2020, eliminating cash bail for many misdemeanor and non-violent felony charges. However, this law was later narrowed by the governor due to public pushback led by prosecutors and law enforcement officials.
Eric Kelley, one of two men who have been behind bars for 24 years for the murder of Tito Merino, a Paterson video store clerk, with his attorney Vanessa Potkin, of the Innocence Project, for a ...
The department operates under the supervision of the New Jersey attorney general. The department is responsible for safeguarding "civil and consumer rights, promoting highway traffic safety, maintaining public confidence in the alcoholic beverage, gaming and racing industries and providing legal services and counsel to other state agencies."
One example of a large bail requirement was a case in Texas where New York real estate heir Robert Durst received a bail of $3 billion. The Durst's lawyer appealed the bail to the Texas Court of Appeals. The court responded that "it could not find a case where bail was set, let alone upheld, at even 1 percent of any of the amounts against the ...
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