BREAKING: West Virginia Legislature Rejects Bail Reform Legislation in 2019 Session As The Gavel Comes Down Charleston, WV – Legislators from the Mountain State rejected calls for bail reform and sent to pasture House Bill 2190: Modifying Bail Requirements as the session came to a close for 2019. H.B. 2190,Read More →
Judge releases man accused of raping women at gunpoint (excerpt from KRQE New Mexico – March 7, 2019) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of raping women at gunpoint has been released from jail. Nicolas Williams was arrested last week on one count of rape. The 26-year-old is accused ofRead More →
How the end-bail crowd is already making city streets more violent (excerpt from the NY Post – March 7, 2019) New York’s streets are already more violent, thanks to the political war on bail. Consider just three recent cases: Harlens Hernandez, 25, allegedly yelled “you white bitch” while slashing a woman’sRead More →
Idaho transparency bill would increase public access to pretrial risk tools (excerpt from Mudrock – March 5 2019) Idaho is one step closer to becoming the first state to make pretrial risk assessment algorithms more transparent and open to public scrutiny, addressing long festering concerns about the risk to civilRead More →
San Francisco, CA – Today, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rodgers issued a 41-page decision in favor of plaintiff’s who challenged the use of bail schedules as unconstitutional in San Francisco. The case, which was filed in 2015, was defended by the California Bail Agent’s Association. Statement on BuffinRead More →
Fulton County DA cracking down on repeat offenders (excerpt from FOX5 Atlanta – March 1 2019) ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) – Repeat offenders in Fulton County could soon stay in jail longer. District Attorney Paul Howard Jr. says it’s time to make some changes that will keep these criminals off theRead More →
Texas: Bipartisan Opposition Continues to Mount Against the Whitmire-Hecht Bail Reform Plan As Texas Senator Whitmire and Chief Justice Nathan Hecht keep pushing to eliminate the constitutional right to bail in Texas (a right the Chief Justice swore to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and laws of the UnitedRead More →
On bail algorithms, non-traditional alliances and moral outrage (excerpt from Boise Weekly, Feb 27, 2019) Rep. Greg Chaney (R-Caldwell) says his name will be attached, as a sponsor or co-sponsor, to only a few proposed measures at the Idaho Statehouse this year. “Certainly fewer than years past. I’ve been aRead More →
DOES EL PASO OFFER GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARDS? (excerpt from KLAQ-FM El Paso, Feb 27 2019) A study shows that El Paso is doing just that, losing millions and letting criminals simply walk away. The American Bail Coalition says the city of El Paso is letting some people skip paying their bailRead More →
Maryland: “Bail reform hasn’t led to fewer held in jail, court records show” (excerpt from Overlawyered – Feb 26, 2019) A Capital News Service series published at Maryland Matters confirms that in Maryland, at least, bail reform has had trouble meeting its intended goals. In particular, while the number heldRead More →
