Michigan State Courts Refuse Open Records Request Pertaining to Secret Pretrial Risk Assessment Algorithm, Insist on Absolute Secrecy Milton Mack, the Michigan State Court Administrator, has been piloting a pretrial risk assessment tool in a few select Michigan counties that was built by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (nowRead More →
Idaho Government Officials Proclaim The Success Of The Idaho Pretrial Risk Assessment Tool The Day Before A Landmark Study Came Out That Proves It Doesn’t Work The Idaho Pretrial Risk Assessment Instrument (IPRAI), used to predict the risk of failing to appear in court or committing a new crime whileRead More →
Arnold Ventures’ New Paid Mouthpieces Conclude The Public Safety Assessment Worked In New Jersey Despite A Feeble, Tenuous, And Unconvincing Justification And Strong Evidence To The Contrary Arnold Ventures (formerly the Laura and John Arnold Foundation), as we have repeatedly said, cannot concede defeat regardless of how bad things get. Read More →
New York Times Gets It Factually Wrong On Bail Reform—New York Did Not Implement The New Jersey Bail System And Is Going To Just Throw Open The Jail Doors The New York Times editorial board is trying to chill everyone out on bail reform, branding it some historic reform that’sRead More →
State Senator To Introduce Legislation To Address “Major Flaws” In Unsecured Bail (excerpt from 1stStateUpdate – Oct 13 2019) Republican Senator Colin Bonini, tomorrow is set to announce the introduction of legislation to repeal the bipartisan House Bill 204, which effected fundamental changes in bail law in 2018. In aRead More →
Missouri lawmakers warily eye pre-trial bail rules after Kansas City mass shooting (excerpt from Missouri Times – Oct 14 2019) Javier Alatorre, one of the suspects in a mass shooting at a Kansas City, Kansas, bar over the weekend, has a history of run-ins with the law in Missouri. Just lastRead More →
Arnold Foundation sues former board member, accuses Denis Calabrese of exploiting trust to steal millions (excerpt from SE Texas Record – Oct 8 2019) HOUSTON – Denis Calabrese, a convicted felon, has been hit with a lawsuit alleging he received millions of dollars in kickbacks while in a position of powerRead More →
Bail reform that would set more inmates free until proven guilty draws criticism (excerpt from News 12 – Oct 11 2019) Orange County prosecutors voiced their concerns Friday with new state bail reforms that release people accused of serious crimes. Vehicular homicide, second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide are justRead More →
N.H. bail reform data remains elusive as repeat offenders bog down courts (excerpt from the Concord Monitor – Oct 12 2019) Rochester police arrested 36-year-old Jonathan Candilieri on Sept. 27 for the fifth time since May after he repeatedly failed to appear in court for felony crimes. A judge againRead More →
Governor wants lawmakers to tweak bail reform after complaints from police, Manchester officials (excerpt from the Union Leader Oct 4 2019) CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu is calling for legislators to review the bail reform law passed last year and consider new legislation. But legislators who introduced the new lawRead More →
