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Four New Bail Articles in the Latest Issue of the Texas Bail Bulletin
The latest issue of the Texas Bail Bulletin is out and once again it is filled with great content.
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The Bail Project: Do They Really Even Know Who is Actually in Jail or Are They Just Making Their Story Up?
In his pointed critique, Mike Morrison, a 35-year veteran of the surety bail industry dismantles The Bail Project’s recent article claiming that most people in jail are not dangerous.
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The Constitutional Right to Bail...Where Does it Come From
In a recent article from President of the Mississippi Bail Agent's Association, Mike Morrison, the argument is made that the right to bail, protected by the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on excessive bail
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Non-Profit Complains About Prosecutors Not Recommending Release Through Their Pretrial Program
If a Pretrial Services program wants more defendants, then maybe they should be more effective...
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Harris County Court Watch Data Exposes Failures of Cashless Bail and Unsecured Pretrial Release
AIA Surety released Part 6 of their article series, the Six Most Significant Bail Studies Ever Conducted. Part 6 includes the report produced by the Houston Police Officers' Union on the effectiveness of Harris County's bail reform efforts.
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If Bail Reform Works, where is the Data?
From personal recognizance bonds in Harris County, Texas to zero bail in New Jersey to the complete elimination of financially secured release in Illinois, we are always hearing the same thing...the results are great
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Part 5: The Six Most Significant Bail Studies - Reisig (2023) Yolo County Zero Bail Study
The fifth study in AIA Surety's series on the most significant bail studies is the Yolo County Zero Bail Study, conducted by former District Attorney Jeff Reisig and released in 2023
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Part 4: The Six Most Significant Bail Studies, Dr. Michael Block, "The Effectiveness and Cost of Secured and Unsecured Release in California’s Large Urban Counties” (2005)
Conducted by University of Arizona economist Michael K. Block, Ph.D., the report analyzed more than a decade of Bureau of Justice Statistics data from California’s largest urban counties between 1990 and 2000.
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Part 3: The Six Most Significant Bail Studies - Dr. Robert Morris, Dallas County Pretrial Release Study (2013, 2014, 2017)
The next research study in AIA Surety's The Six Most Significant Bail Studies series is the Dallas County, Texas Pretrial Release Study by Dr. Robert Morris.
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Bail's Effectiveness Comes from the Powerful Incentives it Creates
The second study in AIA Surety's article series on the best bail studies ever conducted is the 2004 study by economists Eric Helland and Alexander Tabarrok, titled “The Fugitive: Evidence on Public Versus Private Law Enforcement from Bail Jumping.”
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Part 1 – The Six Most Significant Bail Studies Ever Conducted
The first study in AIA Surety's "Six Most Significant Bail Studies" article series is the Cohen & Reaves (2007) Bureau of Justice Statistics report, Pretrial Release of Felony Defendants in State Courts, 1990–2004, stands as the most comprehensive analysis of pretrial release ever conducted...
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Every Criminal Justice Stakeholder Should Know About These Six Bail Studies
There have been many studies done over the past several decades on the effectiveness of bail. From government studies to academic studies to independent studies, one thing has always been consistent, the results.