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Court-ordered cash bonds require the total amount of bail to be posted in cash. The court holds this money until the case is concluded. Cash bonds are typically ordered by the Court for the following reasons: when the Court believes the defendant is a flight risk, when the Court issues a warrant for unpaid fines, and when a defendant has failed ...
In the United States, it is common for bail to be a cash (or other property) deposit. Cash bail in other countries is more limited. [3] Known as a bail bond or cash bail, an amount of money is posted so that the suspect can be released from pre-trial detention. Unless posted by a bail bondsman, this deposit is refunded if the suspect makes all ...
A new federal lawsuit challenges a Georgia law that expands cash bail and restricts organizations that help people pay bail so they can be released while their criminal cases are pending. Senate ...
The kids for cash scandal centered on judicial kickbacks to two judges at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US. [1] In 2008, judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella were convicted of accepting money in return for imposing harsh adjudications on juveniles to increase occupancy at a private prison operated ...
Georgia, once a self-proclaimed leader in criminal justice reform, is sliding a little further toward its old lock-'em-up ways. State senators voted 30-17 on Thursday to require cash bail for 30 ...
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked part of a Georgia law that restricts organizations from helping people pay bail so they can be released while their criminal cases are pending. U.S ...
The Connecticut bondsmen sought relief from the forfeiture on grounds that they were not at fault in failing to secure McGuire's appearance, but rather that his nonappearance was the result of his extradition to Maine—an intervening "act of law" under the Extradition Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court, by a vote of 4 to 3 (two ...
Law enforcement ran a yearlong undercover investigation that involved purchasing over 100 bonds from Singh and her accomplices, officials said. Home aide stole $280,000 of woman’s bonds meant ...