More than 80 state representatives ask Supreme Court to reverse course on pre-trial bail rules (excerpt from Missouri Times – Jan 22 2020) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Dozens of state representatives have signed onto a letter asking Missouri’s highest court to reverse course on pre-trial release standards it set last year. TheRead More →
Bail Reform: Law Enforcement On Long Island Band Together To Recommend Changes (excerpt from CBS New York – Jan 21 2020) MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — There is a new chorus of calls for changes to bail reform in New York state, just three weeks after it took effect. On Tuesday, police, sheriffs, andRead More →
Austin City Council PR Bond Policy Scrutinized For Release of Suspect in Freebirds Stabbing, Firing of Judges In 2017, the Austin City Council passed a directive to the municipal court to prioritize “personal recognizance” bonds for “indigent” defendants. Some judges who raised concerns about the propriety of the directive wereRead More →
Court rejects use of system to assess candidates for bail (excerpt from Sentinel-Tribune Jan 21 2020) COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a recommendation that tools used to measure offenders’ suitability for being released after an arrest be made available to all judges as they makeRead More →
New York voters have turned against bail reform, new poll says (excerpt from New York Post – Jan 21 2020) New Yorkers have turned against bail reform. Support for the new law eliminating cash bail for most misdemeanor and some “non-violent” felony crimes has plummeted, and now 49 percent ofRead More →
North Country Assembly members, other officials demanding repeal of ‘Victim Abuse Act’ (excerpt from NCNow News – Jan 20 2020) Assemblymen Mark Walczyk (R -Watertown) and Ken Blankenbush (R-Black River) were joined by county sheriffs, district attorneys and victim advocates calling for a full repeal of the “Victims Abuse ActRead More →
US Attorney Slams New York Bail Reform As Endangering All New Yorkers; Leading Commentator Urges States To Proceed With Caution on Bail Reform New York’s newly enacted bail reform is under attack…and rightly so. The “end cash bail” moniker is beginning to lose some of its luster as the reformsRead More →
Ridiculous reform forces NYPD to ask feds to catch serial NYC bank robber (excerpt from New York Post – Jan 18 2020) Left high and dry by the state’s new bail reform law, the NYPD was forced to ask the feds to help them reign in the Big Apple’s six-timeRead More →
Op-Ed: New York’s bail reform disaster is about to become a major election issue (excerpt from CNBC Jan 17 2020) A story that’s beginning to boil over in New York is about to become a major issue in the 2020 election. That is, unless the Democrats can snatch victory fromRead More →
Suffolk County Sheriff: Bail Reform Law Is An ‘Atrocity’ (excerpt from WCBS 880 Radio – Jan 15 2020) NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — The Suffolk County sheriff on Wednesday called the new bail reform law an “atrocity” for allowing potentially dangerous criminals back out into the community. Suffolk County Sheriff ErrolRead More →
