Senate Bill 262, the Latest Bail Reform Legislation, Is Clearly Unconstitutional The California Senate’s power has increased so dramatically they now are able to usurp powers belonging to other branches of government without as much as an objection. We get it. If you cross the California legislature, you pay theRead More →
Delaware Legislation That Will Unconstitutionally Harm the Poor Moving in the Legislature Moving through the 2021 legislative session in Delaware is Senate Bill 7, which would require cash only bail in a laundry list of what are deemed severe crimes by the 14 democratic sponsors of the bill, including theRead More →
Senator Claims Law Enforcement “Mischaracterizing” His “Jail Population Management Tools” Legislation—New Amendment To “Fix” Bill Is Further Evidence Of Its Unconstitutionality Senator Pete Lee is steaming forward with his amendment to “fix” the fatally flawed legislation brought by the ACLU (Senate Bill 21-062), a bill to have the legislature intrude onRead More →
Utah Latest State to Repeal Cash Bail Reform As Advocates Push for Bail Reform in Colorado In 2020, Utah passed bail reform legislation to address what some lawmakers claimed was concern for indigent people stuck in jail who were unable to afford their bail. After a mere six months inRead More →
Repeat Court-Ordered Personal Recognizance Bonds: Listen to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg Explain the Problem As legislation in Missouri advances designed to make public safety the primary focus of bail considerations and to reduce the continued use of personal recognizance bonds for repeat and high risk offenders, it wouldRead More →
Bail Reform Legislation Would Create a Presumption of Personal Recognizance Bonds in All Felony 4, Felony 5, Felony 6, and Misdemeanor Crimes in Colorado As crime continues to spike in Colorado’s urban centers, bail reformers are at it again, pushing Senate Bill 21-062. This new proposed legislation attempts to furtherRead More →
American Bail Coalition Statement on California A.B. 329, S.B. 262 (2021 session) We believe the legislation is unfortunately unconstitutional in several respects. One, the California Constitution clearly contemplates that only judges will have the power to set bail. These bills would set bail at $0 by legislative edict, and wouldRead More →
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Affirms No Right to Affordable Bail The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which covers Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, issued an opinion on December 28, 2020, in the case of Daves v. Dallas County, Texas. In that case, a federalRead More →
Tarrant County Judge Tells Officials “There is No Evidence” Arnold Pretrial Risk Assessment Tool is Biased—When A New Academic Study Just Found That It Is In the pursuit of something that is not “bail reform,” Tarrant County officials have decided to adopt the Arnold Foundation Public Safety Assessment, a pretrialRead More →
COMMUNITY VOICES: LA DA George Gascón has an offer no criminal can refuse (excerpt from Bakersfield.com 12.27.20) Are you a convicted felon with a history of violent crime? A murderer? Rapist? Child molester? Human trafficker? Drunk driver who kills? Do you take pleasure in using firearms to ratchet up bodyRead More →
