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Various cities saw an increase in violent crime as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in 2020 and 2021, and some police leaders, pundits and politicians blamed bail reform. Some cities began rolling ...
Bail reform has received a lot of attention this year packed with emotional testimony both for and against House Bill 313 which sought "to make operating a charitable bail organization unlawful ...
Amid a contentious midterm elections season and rising crime rates in some areas, longstanding political attacks on criminal justice reform have found a new Bail reform emerges as new flashpoint ...
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.
Opinion - An obscure court case could reverse bail reform. Kerry Kennedy, opinion contributor. November 27, 2024 at 1:00 PM ... and court appearance rates increased from 85 percent to 91 percent.
Prison overcrowding in CA led to a 2011 court order to reduce the state prison population by 30,000 inmates.. In the aftermath of decades-long tough on crime legislation that increased the US inmate population from 200,000 [6] in 1973 to over two million in 2009, [7] financially strapped states and cities turned to technology—wrist and ankle monitors—to reduce inmate populations as courts ...
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.