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Illinois is, however, the only state to eliminate it in its entirety. New Jersey replaced its cash bail system in 2014 with a risk assessment approach - measuring a defendant's chance of being a ...
Some states have tried to ease cash bail rules. In 2017, New Jersey essentially replaced its cash bail system with a risk assessment process that gauged the potential danger a released defendant ...
As of March 2021, three states have abolished cash bail for the majority of court cases and one state has fully abolished cash bail starting January 2023. In 2014, New Jersey enacted reforms that took effect on January 1, 2017.
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 ...
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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