California lawmakers want to reform a bail system they say ‘punishes the poor for being poor’
8 years, 3 months ago

California lawmakers want to reform a bail system they say ‘punishes the poor for being poor’

LA Times  

California lawmakers next year will make it a top priority to reform the system through which judges award criminal offenders bail, saying courts across the state are punishing “the poor for being poor.” Assemblyman Rob Bonta and Sen. Bob Hertzberg said they plan to fire the first salvo Monday, when lawmakers descend upon the Capitol for the start of the 2017 legislative session. Lawmakers discuss reform for California’s bail system » Bonta, an Oakland Democrat, said he sees “unprecedented” energy and momentum on the issue, but predicted “a heavy, strong resistance from the bail industry and insurance companies.” Debate over bail reform has simmered at the national level in recent years and has often been waged in court, with cities and counties across the country facing lawsuits over policies that some legal experts say have turned jails into modern-day debtors prisons. “When you have a system that is making decisions simply and solely based on a person’s wealth, something is fundamentally wrong and that is simply not acceptable.” Bail reform legislation has failed in California in the past, often because of tough opposition from bondsman companies that argue the current system allows defendants access to their civil liberties. “Those who are rich get to pay their way out and those who aren’t have to languish in jail.” To read the article in Spanish, jazmine.ulloa@latimes.com Twitter: @jazmineulloa ALSO: Lawmakers discuss reform for California’s bail system Obama administration challenges the money bail system: Can people be kept in jail just because they are poor?

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Bail reforms: What are bail conditions and how do they affect the accused person's rights?
8 months, 1 week ago

Bail reforms: What are bail conditions and how do they affect the accused person's rights?

Hindustan Times  

A Nigerian foreign national facing trial under sections of the NDPS Act, punishable with seven years or more, was granted conditional bail after spending eight years in prison from 2014 to 2022. These provisions empower courts to deem an accused 'indigent' if they fail to meet bail conditions within seven days of their grant, thereby enabling the court to reconsider …

Delaware lawmakers approve first leg of constitutional amendment to reform bail system
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Delaware lawmakers approve first leg of constitutional amendment to reform bail system

Associated Press  

— Delaware lawmakers on Sunday approved a proposed constitutional amendment under which criminal defendants other than those charged with murder could be held without bail. House members also gave final approval to companion legislation listing certain felony offenses for which a court could deny bail under certain circumstances, including when there is a fair likelihood of conviction because “the proof …

Editorial: California blew it on bail reform. Now Illinois is showing it works
10 months ago

Editorial: California blew it on bail reform. Now Illinois is showing it works

LA Times  

California lawmakers passed a bill eliminating money bail in 2018, but voters overturned the important reform in tumultuous 2020 after a fear-stoking referendum campaign led by the bail bond industry. Opinion Ending Cash Bail On Oct. 1 Los Angeles County transitions to a new way of administering pre-arraignment justice that doesn’t use cash bail for most crimes. The biggest losers …

Shortening the gap between bail and release
1 year ago

Shortening the gap between bail and release

Hindustan Times  

Bail proceedings stand at the crossroads of constitutionally guaranteed personal liberty, and the demands of criminal law that often infringe upon it. The court’s duty to safeguard liberty does not end with a mere grant of bail but extends to ensuring prompt compliance with procedure, to secure immediate release. The Supreme Court has repeatedly cautioned against imposition of onerous bail …

Editorial: L.A. County cities should stop fighting the end of cash bail. It’s working
1 year ago

Editorial: L.A. County cities should stop fighting the end of cash bail. It’s working

LA Times  

The Bail Boys Bail Bonds in Los Angeles in 2023. L.A. Superior Court and law enforcement data show that a program eliminating money bail and allowing defendants to go home between arrest and arraignment is working well. The end of money bail for most nonviolent and nonserious crimes hasn’t increased repeat arrests or court no-shows, according to Los Angeles Superior …

Lawsuit challenging L.A. County’s new limits on cash bail suffers major setback
1 year, 3 months ago

Lawsuit challenging L.A. County’s new limits on cash bail suffers major setback

LA Times  

The Bail Boys Bail Bonds as seen through a rod iron fence in Los Angeles in September. A lawsuit challenging the legality of L.A. County’s new bail schedule suffered a major setback Monday, after a judge ruled the move to severely limit the use of cash bail does not violate the state Constitution. The complaint, filed by a dozen L.A. …

Editorial: L.A. court’s refreshing candor on money bail: It doesn’t make us safer
1 year, 4 months ago

Editorial: L.A. court’s refreshing candor on money bail: It doesn’t make us safer

LA Times  

The Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center is the headquarters of the criminal branch of the Los Angeles Superior court, led by Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner. The court’s pre-arraignment release protocol eliminates money bail for low-level crimes. It was refreshing to hear Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner’s spirited and factual defense last week of the …

Editorial: How the court’s bail reform plan could go wrong. How to keep it going right
1 year, 5 months ago

Editorial: How the court’s bail reform plan could go wrong. How to keep it going right

LA Times  

Gotham Bail Bonds and Bad Boys Bail Bonds in Los Angeles, near Men’s Central Jail. A new pretrial protocol eliminates money bail for most people in Los Angeles County between their arrest and their arraignment, beginning Oct. 1, 2023. Instead, people accused of less serious and nonviolent crimes will be cited or booked and released or briefly held while a …

Editorial: Leaders aren’t leading on L.A. bail reform
1 year, 5 months ago

Editorial: Leaders aren’t leading on L.A. bail reform

LA Times  

Pedestrians walk past Bail HotLine Bail Bonds near the Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles on Sept. 25. Eliminating money bail has been a front-burner issue in Los Angeles County ever since the 2012 district attorney campaign when reform advocates compelled candidates to discuss the topic at debates. What L.A. needs now, as the court’s new pre-arraignment release program begins …

Editorial: Chief Moore and other bail reform critics are wrong. Cash bail should not be a form of punishment
1 year, 6 months ago

Editorial: Chief Moore and other bail reform critics are wrong. Cash bail should not be a form of punishment

LA Times  

People who are accused of crimes in Los Angeles County but are unable to make required bail payments before arraignment are held in police station jails or transported to the Inmate Reception Center, which has long been under fire for inhumane conditions. Testifying in August in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of money bail, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore …

Editorial: Goodbye to cash bail. L.A. is moving to a better approach to pretrial justice
1 year, 6 months ago

Editorial: Goodbye to cash bail. L.A. is moving to a better approach to pretrial justice

LA Times  

A new pretrial protocol will eliminate money bail for most people in Los Angeles County between their arrest and their arraignment, beginning Oct. 1. In one week, the system for handling most people after they’re arrested in Los Angeles County changes, finally giving L.A. a safer and more just approach to the pretrial process. The current regimen — pay money …

Illinois Is First State To Fully Abolish Cash Bail In Move To Stop Caging Poor People
1 year, 6 months ago

Illinois Is First State To Fully Abolish Cash Bail In Move To Stop Caging Poor People

Huff Post  

Shannon Ross, pictured in August 2023, was arrested in Chicago in October 2019 on weapons charges, and ultimately found not guilty. AP Photo Erin Hooley Illinois became the first state to completely abolish cash bail when a 2-year-old law finally went into effect on Monday, ending a long-criticized practice that disproportionately affects poor people. “There are plenty of people across …

Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it
1 year, 6 months ago

Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — It took four and a half months for Shannon Ross’ life to unravel. A 2022 federal civil rights report on cash bail systems found that courts tend to impose higher pretrial detention penalties on Black and Latino people, citing a study that showed Black men received bail amounts 35% higher than white men, and Latino men received bail …

Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it
1 year, 6 months ago

Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A 2022 federal civil rights report on cash bail systems found that …

Opinion: As judges, we’ve made thousands of bail decisions. Here’s the truth about detention and public safety
1 year, 6 months ago

Opinion: As judges, we’ve made thousands of bail decisions. Here’s the truth about detention and public safety

LA Times  

Often when judges determine that a person accused of a crime can safely be released from jail and return to court when directed, they face criticism for “letting the accused out” by reducing monetary bail or “allowing” the accused to bail at all. As retired and current California trial court judges with more than 90 years of collective experience, we …

Editorial: Trump should not have to pay bail
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: Trump should not have to pay bail

LA Times  

Former President Trump, shown Aug. 3 after pleading not guilty in a Washington, D.C., courtroom on federal conspiracy charges, is expected to be booked Thursday in Atlanta on racketeering and other counts related to an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Opinion Editorial: California continues to show the nation the absurdity and unfairness of money bail Bail was …

Editorial: L.A.’s bail reform is an improvement, but falls short of what Illinois has done
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: L.A.’s bail reform is an improvement, but falls short of what Illinois has done

LA Times  

Bad Boys Bail Bonds is one of several bail agents across from the Los Angeles County Jail. On July 18, the same day the Los Angeles County Superior Court unveiled its plan to sharply scale back the use of cash bail in L.A. County, the Illinois Supreme Court went further, and better. In its ruling, the Illinois court’s majority demolished …

Bail Conditions Imposed By Courts Must Be Realistic Considering Socio-Economic Background Of Accused : Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Bail Conditions Imposed By Courts Must Be Realistic Considering Socio-Economic Background Of Accused : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, indicated that courts should impose realistic conditions of bail considering the economic and social position of the undertrial prisons or else the act of grant of bail does not subserve its purpose. A Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia observed the same while hearing a suo moto writ petition instituted for the …

Editorial: 50 Cent and prosecutors are wrong about cash bail. L.A. courts get it right
1 year, 8 months ago

Editorial: 50 Cent and prosecutors are wrong about cash bail. L.A. courts get it right

LA Times  

L.A. County residents who are unable to pay bail after arrest but before seeing a judge are jailed. A new Los Angeles Superior Court bail schedule will change the frequently pointless practice. The Los Angeles Superior Court unveiled a new protocol that will eliminate money bail for a majority of people arrested in L.A. County, beginning in October. For higher …

Illinois is first state to eliminate cash bail, a penalty affecting low-income communities most
1 year, 8 months ago

Illinois is first state to eliminate cash bail, a penalty affecting low-income communities most

Associated Press  

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pretrial release from jail on Tuesday when the state Supreme Court upheld the constitutionally of the law abolishing it. The 5-2 ruling overturns a Kankakee County judge’s opinion in December that the law violated the constitution’s provision that “all persons shall …

L.A. County courts to severely limit use of cash bail
1 year, 8 months ago

L.A. County courts to severely limit use of cash bail

LA Times  

Los Angeles County’s courts will dramatically scale back the use of cash bail in all but the most serious criminal cases later this year, according to new bail policies unveiled Tuesday. As of Oct. 1, virtually all defendants accused of misdemeanors or nonviolent felonies in L.A. County will either be cited and released or freed on certain terms and conditions …

Editorial: Court brings back sanity, and the Constitution, in Los Angeles bail ruling
1 year, 10 months ago

Editorial: Court brings back sanity, and the Constitution, in Los Angeles bail ruling

LA Times  

Los Angeles County’s Men’s Central Jail, pictured in 2019, is too dangerous to operate but remains open and full in part because officials continue to lock up people solely because they cannot afford bail. Zero-dollar bail is back for most people arrested in Los Angeles County for nonviolent crimes, after a Superior Court judge ruled that jailing people just because …

Editorial: Presumed guilty! The toxic cost of money bail
1 year, 11 months ago

Editorial: Presumed guilty! The toxic cost of money bail

LA Times  

Nearly half the people in Men’s Central Jail, and almost everyone in the region’s police jails, have not been convicted of anything. L.A.’s brief period of more perfect justice ended last year when the Los Angeles Superior Court rescinded its emergency zero-dollar bail policy. Last November, several people who were stuck in jail because they couldn’t pay bail, along with …

Republican bills push cash bail, subvert Democratic changes
2 years ago

Republican bills push cash bail, subvert Democratic changes

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Just two days before he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing six people and injuring more than 60, Darrell Brooks Jr. had posted bail for charges of domestic violence. Their proposals include increasing the number of non-bailable offenses, requiring more people to pay cash bail and encouraging or requiring judges to consider …

Can’t Grant Anticipatory Bail When Money Has Been Taken From Large Number Of People, Says Supreme Court During Hearing
2 years, 2 months ago

Can’t Grant Anticipatory Bail When Money Has Been Taken From Large Number Of People, Says Supreme Court During Hearing

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Monday observed that it is not inclined in granting bails in cases pertaining to economic offences especially when many depositors have been swindled. “I had offered to deposit 9 lakhs in the lower court”, Senior Advocate R Basant appearing for the petitioner told the Court. The Court expressed that it would grant bail only …

Criminal justice panel says California should pay restitution to victims, ban some traffic stops
2 years, 3 months ago

Criminal justice panel says California should pay restitution to victims, ban some traffic stops

LA Times  

Bryant Mangum at his home in August 2021 in Los Angeles. California should set up a taxpayer-funded restitution system for crime victims, curtail the use of money bail and limit when cops can make traffic stops that disproportionately affect Black and Latino drivers, according to recommendations from a criminal justice panel that advises state lawmakers. Romano said the state often …

Editorial: California still violates the Constitution on bail
2 years, 3 months ago

Editorial: California still violates the Constitution on bail

LA Times  

Bad Boys Bail Bonds, across the street from the Los Angeles County Jail, pictured in 2018. Yet the analysis by the UC Berkeley School of Law’s Policy Advocacy Clinic and UCLA School of Law’s Criminal Justice Program shows that after Humphrey, the bail amounts that judges order have remained steady — exactly the opposite one should expect after a ruling …

California stalls scaled down bail reform after year’s delay
2 years, 6 months ago

California stalls scaled down bail reform after year’s delay

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers balked at a scaled-back attempt at reforming the state’s cash bail system Wednesday, a year after a more expansive effort also stalled amid headlines over a gruesome killing. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said requiring the return of most of that money in such circumstances “represents a critical step forward in securing Californians’ rights to the …

Affirming the primacy of bail
2 years, 8 months ago

Affirming the primacy of bail

Hindustan Times  

An unfortunate facet of the Indian criminal justice system is the prolonged incarceration of people not convicted of any crime because of denial of bail. Despite four decades of Supreme Court jurisprudence stressing the importance of granting bail as a matter of practice and jail time only in exceptional circumstances, thousands of people continue to languish behind bars even as …

Editorial: Bail’s purpose is freedom, not jail
2 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: Bail’s purpose is freedom, not jail

LA Times  

Defense attorney Ken Rosenfeld and his client, Naasón Joaquín Garcia, the leader of a Mexico-based La Luz del Mundo evangelical church, attend a bail review hearing at Los Angeles County Superior Court on July 15, 2019. Opinion Editorial: California continues to show the nation the absurdity and unfairness of money bail Bail was set at a stunning $25 million for …

Don’t blame bail reform for higher crime, NYC watchdog says
3 years ago

Don’t blame bail reform for higher crime, NYC watchdog says

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Two years ago, New York joined a growing number of states scaling back the use of cash bail for criminal defendants. The report’s release comes as some New York officials have considered rolling back bail reforms, which were enacted as part of an effort to address the inequity of poor people being jailed because they couldn’t afford …

NYC comptroller: Don't blame bail reform for higher crime
3 years ago

NYC comptroller: Don't blame bail reform for higher crime

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But New York City’s fiscal watchdog issued a report …

Editorial: ‘Zero bail’ and release from jail are not the same thing
3 years ago

Editorial: ‘Zero bail’ and release from jail are not the same thing

LA Times  

Violent crime is up in California and around the nation, and many prosecutors, politicians and police officials place the blame — incorrectly — on so-called “zero-bail” policies and other changes to the traditional money bail system. Some trial-level courts, including the Los Angeles County Superior Court, adopted their own COVID emergency bail measures for misdemeanors and low-level felonies that remain …

Editorial: Yes, there are problems with Prop. 47 and $0 bail. Just not what you think
3 years, 2 months ago

Editorial: Yes, there are problems with Prop. 47 and $0 bail. Just not what you think

LA Times  

It wasn’t Los Angeles police union leader Jamie McBride’s warning to visitors to stay out of town during the holidays that was so startling, or his claim that his more than 9,500 police department colleagues can’t protect them. There seems to be an enduring hunger to blame any crime increases on criminal justice reforms like Proposition 47 and zero-dollar bail …

Latest California bail reform effort dies for this year
3 years, 6 months ago

Latest California bail reform effort dies for this year

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A parolee’s arrest in a killing after he’d been released without bail helped torpedo the California Legislature’s latest attempt to reform the cash bail system for this year, the bill’s author said Thursday. El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson, the district attorneys association’s president, said lawmakers supporting changes to the bail system are “expressing sympathy toward …

Bail reform: Behind police leaders claims that reforms are responsible for surge in violence
3 years, 7 months ago

Bail reform: Behind police leaders claims that reforms are responsible for surge in violence

CNN  

CNN — “It is an outrage,” wrote Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown. It’s important to keep in mind the context, which is that these trends are deeply disturbing but not a cause for panic.” The crime trend has sparked a tense debate among some politicians, city officials and police leaders on whether bail reforms contribute to violent crime rates, however …

California top court strikes blow against cash bail
3 years, 11 months ago

California top court strikes blow against cash bail

Al Jazeera  

San Francisco, California, United States — The top court in California last week issued a ruling that advocates for criminal justice reform in the United States are calling a “landmark victory” for efforts to confront racial and economic inequities. “The common practice of conditioning freedom solely on whether an arrestee can afford bail is unconstitutional.” The decision comes as the …

Editorial: Court takes a giant step on bail, but more work is needed
3 years, 11 months ago

Editorial: Court takes a giant step on bail, but more work is needed

LA Times  

Bad Boys Bail Bonds is across the street from the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. The California Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday sharply limiting the use of money bail represents an important and long overdue stride toward more equal justice, but it leaves much unfixed in a still-flawed portion of the criminal justice process. But money bail — a …

California’s top court ends cash bail for some defendants who can’t afford it
4 years ago

California’s top court ends cash bail for some defendants who can’t afford it

LA Times  

For years, California legislators and judges have tried to reform the state’s money bail system to reduce discrimination against the poor. “Other conditions of release — such as electronic monitoring, regular check-ins with a pretrial case manager, community housing or shelter, and drug and alcohol treatment — can in many cases protect public and victim safety as well as assure …

Endorsement: Yes on Proposition 25 to end bail and the poverty penalty
4 years, 5 months ago

Endorsement: Yes on Proposition 25 to end bail and the poverty penalty

LA Times  

There is something repugnant, and corrosive to our collective notion of justice, about allowing people without money to stay locked up in jail while others, accused of the same crimes but with money to spend, can buy their way out. California has been trying to rid itself of money bail for decades, but every effort has been turned back by …

Editorial: No, criminals aren’t rampaging across California because of our zero-dollar bail policy
4 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: No, criminals aren’t rampaging across California because of our zero-dollar bail policy

LA Times  

Todd Spitzer is one of many law enforcement leaders to mischaracterize emergency orders that have helped ease the spread of the coronavirus in California jails and prisons. The latest object of the law enforcement establishment’s scorn and anxiety is the state Judicial Council’s zero-dollar bail order. But just in case there was any lingering doubt, an April 29 Court of …

California Prosecutors Are Using Loopholes To Keep People In Jail During COVID-19
4 years, 10 months ago

California Prosecutors Are Using Loopholes To Keep People In Jail During COVID-19

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Last month, the Judicial Council of California issued a statewide rule that reduced bail for most misdemeanors and low-level felonies to $0 during the coronavirus pandemic. Stanislaus County Public Defender Laura Arnold told HuffPost that despite Fladager’s press release, she has not seen the district attorney’s office inappropriately charge defendants with felony looting since that case last …

Editorial: A $0 bail for Californians accused of nonviolent crimes? That’s exactly the right amount
4 years, 11 months ago

Editorial: A $0 bail for Californians accused of nonviolent crimes? That’s exactly the right amount

LA Times  

California’s judicial leaders acted wisely when they reset bail amounts temporarily to $0 for people accused of misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies. Refusing to jail people accused but not convicted of lower-level crimes could yet stave off the horrific scenes now playing out in places such as Chicago’s Cook County jail, which has the largest concentration of infected Americans; New York’s …

Freed after NY bail reform, robbery suspect arrested by feds
5 years, 2 months ago

Freed after NY bail reform, robbery suspect arrested by feds

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A federal prosecutor in New York said Friday that the case of a suspected serial bank robber accused of committing a heist in Brooklyn hours after being released from custody shows that the state’s newly enacted bail reform is making New Yorkers less safe. Prosecutors say Woodberry was arrested after the Jan. 8 robbery but was released …

Editorial: The welcome but glacial dismantling of California’s bail system
5 years, 3 months ago

Editorial: The welcome but glacial dismantling of California’s bail system

LA Times  

Although California’s historic move to eliminate money bail is on hold pending a voter referendum in just under a year, good work by forward-looking attorneys and activists is helping to ensure a more just criminal justice system now. They won over lawmakers and the governor more than a year ago with SB 10; if it takes effect following a statewide …

Column: Facing eradication, the bail industry gears up to mislead the public about its value
5 years, 5 months ago

Column: Facing eradication, the bail industry gears up to mislead the public about its value

LA Times  

Few businesses enjoy a reputation for providing a public service as inflated as the bail bond industry. “The most effective form of release in terms of ensuring appearance at court were releases on a financially secured bail bond,” the American Bail Coalition, the industry’s trade group, says on its website. “Were SB 10 to become law, it would practically mean …

California voters are divided over bail reform, poll finds
5 years, 5 months ago

California voters are divided over bail reform, poll finds

LA Times  

California voters are sharply divided over the future of cash bail in a new statewide poll, although a slight plurality supports a new law to replace the system with one that would allow more defendants to be released before trial. Justin Salters, a spokesman for the bail industry group that qualified the referendum, said the coalition “intends to run an …

Free: New York state slashes the practice of paying bail
5 years, 11 months ago

Free: New York state slashes the practice of paying bail

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — On a single day last fall, over 200 people accused but not convicted of small-time, misdemeanor crimes sat in New York City’s infamous Rikers Island jail because they couldn’t pay bail. “If anyone believes crime doesn’t pay, they should visit New York,” state Assembly Republican Leader Brian Kolb said in a statement. Defendants were released without it …

California’s historic overhaul of cash bail is now on hold, pending a 2020 referendum
6 years, 2 months ago

California’s historic overhaul of cash bail is now on hold, pending a 2020 referendum

LA Times  

A landmark law to abolish California’s money bail system has been put on hold until voters decide its fate in November 2020 after elections officials on Wednesday certified a statewide referendum backed by a coalition of bail industry associations. At least 11 counties are employing roughly 40 different pilot pretrial programs to reduce the number of people cycling in and …

California’s chief justice says bail overhaul will continue with or without the new law
6 years, 3 months ago

California’s chief justice says bail overhaul will continue with or without the new law

LA Times  

California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye on Tuesday defended a landmark new state law abolishing money bail, saying it was crafted to ensure courts “do not judge a person based on the size of their wallet or what they have access to in someone else’s wallet.” In an annual meeting with reporters in San Francisco, the chief justice said the state’s …

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