“Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act” Targets Bail Funds Supported by V.P. Harris For all of the rhetoric we’ve heard about ending cash bail, there are two significant flaws in our national system that have escaped the attention of most policymakers. First, incomplete criminal history information has allowed forRead More →
MN: Hennepin County Attorney’s No Bail Plan is A Dereliction of Duty, Unconstitutional and Not Evidence-Based Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman had a press conference and issued a press release on December 2, 2020 announcing he was no longer going to seek bail in a variety of crimes. According toRead More →
“F the Courts” and Free Repeat Rapists and Cop Killers: Hollywood-Funded Bail Funds Harming Public Safety and Destabilizing Criminal Justice Bail funds are popping up all over the country in an attempt to upend the criminal justice system. In all but one state (New York), these bail funds go unregulated,Read More →
Minneapolis looters sprung from jail without bail (excerpt from The Washington Times, June 10 2020) Hundreds of rioters arrested by the Minneapolis police during the George Floyd protests were immediately back on the streets when authorities refused to press charges and released them without bail. Law enforcement advocates said theRead More →
Unregulated Charitable Bail Funds Upending the Criminal Justice System and Federal Immigration In Wake of Anti-Criminal Justice Momentum While Minneapolis simply considers eliminating the police department altogether, the unregulated Minnesota Freedom Fund is not so quietly making their mark on criminal justice: wealthy donors are giving millions of dollars toRead More →
Minneapolis Mayor is Going to “End Cash Bail” By Hiring Social Workers? Last week, Minneapolis Mayor Frey announced that he was going to “end cash bail” in the city for a wide range of misdemeanors by hiring social workers to manage defendants with a history of failing to appear toRead More →
