US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit rule monetary bail and bail schedules Constitutional after years of litigation. After three years of ongoing litigation kicked off by then U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in Clanton, Alabama, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has finally ruled onRead More →
Senate Bill 10 “Bail Reform” passes the Assembly despite a litany of constitutional issues, mounting concerns over the Bill, and growing bipartisan opposition. Sacramento, CA: Senate Bill 10 “Bail Reform” cleared the Assembly (41-27) today despite its flawed public policy. The bill will now have to be concurred by theRead More →
Sacramento, CA – Senate Bill 10 “Bail Reform” has rapidly gone 180 degrees in another direction, creating hollow hope of preventative detention along with a risk assessment judicial regulatory nightmare. Having finally seen the draft that has alarmed the former coalition that supported and now is vehemently opposing Senate BillRead More →
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit grants request to issue a stay in Harris County bail case giving the County Criminal Court at Law Judges a huge win. There is no right to an affordable bail in the United States—only a right to be heard within 48 hoursRead More →
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ ahead of the curve in halting pretrial risk assessments – now vindicated for her decision. Governor Reynolds was widely criticized for halting the pilot project in Iowa that is employing the use of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation Public Safety Risk assessment as an alternativeRead More →
California ACLU’s support of Senate Bill 10 in light of national movement against risk assessments remains unexplainable. When 115 national civil rights groups came together last week, the message was pretty clear. The first 13 words of the letter read as follows: “We believe that jurisdictions should not use riskRead More →
Arnold Foundation vehemently affirms support for Pretrial Risk Assessments: Ignores National Civil Rights Groups’ call for elimination and notes it’s pouring in more cash to spread the PSA Tool. Yesterday, in a stunning rebuke to the use of pretrial risk assessments in the criminal justice system, over 100 national groups,Read More →
The NAACP, ACLU and others are calling for the End of Pretrial Risk Assessments in the United States. As bail reform groups such as the Pretrial Justice Institute continue to push the expansion of pretrial risk assessments across the country, national groups are going in the exact opposite direction, rejectingRead More →
When we heard the news recently about Senator Sanders’ federal legislation to end money bail in the United States, several thoughts immediately came into our minds. The first thought we had was – what took you so long? Senator Kamala Harris has already one-upped the “Big Bern” by making endingRead More →
As the rest of the nation waits for actual proof that NJ Bail Reform has worked, proponents continue to cite New Jersey as the model for all things bail – with data that doesn’t prove anything. Former New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino, in a joint op-ed with Elie HonigRead More →
