Public Demands New Direction on Criminal Justice: Enforcing the Law and End Get out of Jail Free for Violent Defendants A decade ago, when the “end cash bail” movement began, I agreed to oppose it because I thought it was entirely bankrupt from a civil rights perspective and nothing shortRead More →
Bail Project Loses Appeal Against Indiana Commissioner of Insurance Paving Way for National Regulation The national Bail Project, who posts bail for criminal defendants and was recently regulated by the Indiana Legislature, has lost its efforts to stop the law in the Federal United States Court of Appeals for theRead More →
Illinois Supreme Court Re-Writes 86,197 Days of Bail Legal History in Less than 100, Setting Up A Collision Course With an Explosion in Recidivism For a generation, the Illinois legislature will now fight a futile political battle over the preventative detention net that they can absolutely never get right, becauseRead More →
ABC Statement: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling: Hester v. Gentry The United States Supreme Court has let stand a ruling in a controversial court case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta. The high court declined to hear the case on Monday, June 12. The EleventhRead More →
Understanding Connecticut’s Proposed 93% Discount Bail Court Rule Change The Connecticut Supreme Court is currently considering a rule change that the Court will likely vote on in the next couple of weeks. While understanding the bail system is typically not very easy, understanding this bail change is quite easy—the ConnecticutRead More →
Zero Bail Order in Los Angeles County Re-Instated, With Bail Schedules to End for the Next Year Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lawrence P. Riff issued an injunction against the use of the bail schedule in Los Angeles County on March 16, 2023. My phone has been ringing off theRead More →
Connecticut’s Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Replicate New York’s Failed Bail Reform Connecticut sits on the precipice of disaster — that is, if the state General Assembly has its way with a proposed constitutional amendment which would eliminate the constitutional right to bail and replace it with a statewide system ofRead More →
Connecticut Legislature Set to “End Cash Bail” Similar to New York and Illinois Creating Bail Reform Chaos On Wednesday, March 22nd, the Connecticut Legislature’s Joint Judiciary Committee will hear H.J. 261, legislation that proposes an amendment to Connecticut’s constitution that will eliminate the right to bail by sufficient sureties andRead More →
Hawai’i Legislature Going Down Precarious “End Cash Bail” Road Again as New York Prepares to Further Roll-Back End Cash Bail Reform Law on April 1 There was a great policy debate about bail reform last year in Hawai’i that turned out to be just that—a debate. That is because theRead More →
Florida Legislation Takes Money from Crime Victims in Order to Help Charitable Bail Project Make Their Political Point of “Ending Cash Bail” Charitable bail funds, which sprang up a few summers ago on the premise of “bailing out peaceful protestors,” are not as straightforward as you would think. The fundsRead More →
