Bail Reform
Bail Reform Rhetoric: All Talk and No Data
We have all heard the sad stories about poor people being locked up in jail all because they can't afford a bail bond.
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Bail Research
The Arnold Venture's Predictive Risk Assessments Found to Have no Predictive Abilities at All
For how long have we been hearing that risk assessments are the answer to a more fair system? How long have we heard to trust the experts and the algorithms? Well guess what?
Bail Reform
Activist California Judge Cares More About Criminals Than California Citizens
This past week in California, another activist judge was responsible for releasing an illegal immigrant from jail for free without any oversight or accountability.
Bail Reform
Oklahoma: Don’t Confuse Broken Hearings with a Mandate to Expand Pretrial Services
Oklahoma lawmakers are currently looking to reform the state’s pretrial system. Recent reporting from The Frontier and KOSU has uncovered a potential issue in Oklahoma County surrounding their first appearance process.
Bail Reform
Zero Bail Policies Take Another Life in California
The next time you see a study by the Brennan Center that says that releasing criminals on cashless bail works just as well as secured bail, question it.
Bail Reform
Bail Reform: Justice for Me, But Not for Thee
There is no question that bail reform policies are a complete and utter failure around the country. They promise a criminal justice utopia for everyone, but deliver more crime and less justice.
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Financially Secured Release is not a Punishment...It is a Guarantee of Accountability
Is it just me or does every article on the subject of bail reform keep making the same basic mistake. They always talk about bail as if it were some type of unattainable price tag for a person’s liberty and freedom.
Bail Reform
California's Criminal Loving Governor Refers to Murdered Victims and their Families as "Political Rhetoric"
California has been at the forefront of soft on crime policies for well over a decade. And what has it brought the state and its residents? An increase crime and a decrease in defendant accountability.
Bail Bonds
Apple Chooses Ideology Over Public Information
Apple has now joined the growing list of major technology platforms that are actively restricting public access to information about legitimate bail bond services
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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.
Bail Reform
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation: Ensuring Justice, Accountability and Protecting the Voices of Crime Victims
If you are a resident of California, you are most likely familiar with the state’s love affair with criminals and nonsensical, victim hating criminal justice policies.
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While Bail Scams Continue to Plague Consumers Across the Country, Bail Agents Step up to Help
Nicole Martinez, President of the Colorado Association of Professional Bail Sureties, wrote an op-ed for the Gunnison Country Times this week about a consumer scam that is making its way across Colorado as well as the rest of the country.