Last night, the gavel came down marking adjournment sine die of the special session of the Connecticut legislature. Governor Malloy continued his push for his so-called Second Chance 2.0 legislation, which would have raised the age of criminal responsibility and largely eliminated bail for most misdemeanor crimes in Connecticut. Three months ago, however,Read More →
ABC’s Jeff Clayton spoke with Larry Stevenson, “The Bearded Black Cowboy” regarding bail reform happening across the country in his most recent radio interview. Click below to listen to the full interview. Read More →
ABC’s Jeff Clayton discusses the recent Hernandez v. Loretta Lynch federal immigration bail case and other criminal justice issues with Kim Wade on WYAB, 103.9, Pocahontas, MS. Read More →
ABC JOINS CONNECTICUT CHIEF STATE’S ATTORNEY AND THE BAIL AGENTS OF CONNECTICUT IN OPPOSITION TO GOVERNOR MALLOY’S BAIL REFORM PLAN On March 23, 2016, ABC’s Jeff Clayton and Mike Whitlock appeared before the Judiciary Committee in the Connecticut legislature to call on the committee to reject Governor Malloy’s bail reformRead More →
Policy Director, Jeff Clayton, discusses US Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s recent letter to state judges on bail reform on RT America.Read More →
THE GAVEL COMES DOWN AT THE UTAH LEGISLATURE: THE AMERICAN BAIL COALITION WORKS WITH PARTNERS TO STOP DAMAGING LEGISLATION. As the legislative session came to a close last night in Salt Lake City, the American Bail Coalition was waiting at the finish line with partners from the industry, including theRead More →
ABC’s Jeff Clayton appears on “Renaissance SRQ” on WSLR-FM (Sarasota, FL) to discuss the Welchen v. Harris case and other bail issues. Read More →
The American Bail Coalition was alerted early last week that legislation entitled the “No Money Bail Act” would be introduced in the United States House of Representatives. Since the filing of H.R. 4611 this week, ABC has been gathering information, working with our various partners across the country and coordinating withRead More →
In the federal case of Welchen v. Harris, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris recently made clear that she is not going to be bullied by the Plaintiffs. Recall that in the last installment of this case, U.S. DistrictRead More →
Plaintiffs in Buffin v. San Francisco have filed their amended complaint in an attempt to survive complete dismissal; the amended version, however, appears to suffer from the same fundamental legal flaws. The fundamental flaw in the Plaintiffs’ lawsuit, according to Judge Gonzalez Rogers, has been that the legal theory onRead More →
