Minneapolis Mayor is Going to “End Cash Bail” By Hiring Social Workers? Last week, Minneapolis Mayor Frey announced that he was going to “end cash bail” in the city for a wide range of misdemeanors by hiring social workers to manage defendants with a history of failing to appear toRead More →
Authorities: Ex-Con Allendale Burglar Who Fought Police Freed, Breaks Into Another House (excerpt from The Daily Voice 9/19/19) An ex-con from Allendale who fought furiously with police as they tried to arrest him for burglary three days after he was released from prison was ordered freed by a judge fromRead More →
Pretrial Expert Criticizes New Tool Indiana Courts Will Use (excerpt from wfyi Indianapolis) A new rule taking effect Jan. 1 says courts should use a tool known as IRAS to help determine whether criminal defendants should be released before trial or where to set bail amounts. The risk assessments examine,Read More →
Houston police chief calls on courts to ‘stop pussyfooting’ after second officer-involved shooting (excerpt from Fox 26 9/16/19) HOUSTON (FOX 26) – Houston’s police chief called on Harris County criminal courts to “stop pussyfooting” after another officer involved shooting Monday morning left a suspect dead. Chief art Acevedo voiced his frustrationRead More →
BAIL REFORM: Released Hackensack Burglar Hits Same Business For 3rd Time, Police Say (excerpt from Hackensack Daily Voice 9/16/19) Less than a week after he was released for breaking into two area businesses, a habitual Hackensack offender did it again — at the same deli he’d burglarized twice before, authoritiesRead More →
San Francisco Bail Settlement Calls on the City and County to Support a System of Algorithmic Injustice and Completely Lets the Judges and State Courts Off the Hook For four years, Equal Justice Under Law (EJUL) along with the powerhouse law firm of Latham & Wadkins have challenged the bailRead More →
Judge Releases Rockland Driver Who Rammed Police Car At GWB After Multi-Town Chase (excerpt from the Daily Voice Aug 18 2019) A Rockland driver who was captured by Fort Lee police on the George Washington Bridge after he rammed a patrol car at the toll plaza during a wild chaseRead More →
California Supreme Court Steams Forward to Implement SB 10 and Risk Assessments Despite Calls by Prominent Academics from Coast to Coast to Stop As the fate of Senate Bill 10 remains on hold until a referendum vote at the ballot box in November of 2020, the California Supreme Court hasRead More →
NYPD Deputy Commissioner slams bail reform, says 99% won’t see jail cell (excerpt from the New York Post Aug 11 2019) Almost everyone arrested in the Big Apple — aside from those facing murder or attempted murder charges — will not see a jail cell until convicted under new bail rules,Read More →
New Harris County Misdemeanor Court Guidelines Under Fire After Murder of Pregnant Wife Harris county officials are still giddy over new bail guidelines even after it was revealed that accused murderer Alex Guajardo was first released for free under new bail rules after assaulting his wife only to then tragicallyRead More →
