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Hagerstown attorney says bail bond industry hurt by court rules

In 2017 rules were adopted by the Maryland Judiciary Executive Rules Committee designed to reduce the reliance on cash bonds for defendants in the state’s circuit and district courts. “This Rule is ... read more

Bail bond industry thrust into spotlight after St. Petersburg shooting incident

The largest law enforcement agencies in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties say they have ... to protect the court process." There's a growing movement to get rid of the system, he said. Murray and ... read more

The High Cost of Unlicensed Bail Bonds

Early in February, a judge in Baltimore City District Court ruled that Tiffany Mack owed Baltimore’s Discount Bail Bonds ... rules to try to make money in a situation where a lot of reform practices ... read more

Lobbyists want to block changes to Maryland’s bail-bond system — lawmakers should push back

MARYLAND’S LEGISLATIVE Black Caucus has added its influential voice to that of the state attorney general and Maryland’s highest court about the inequities ... clout and campaign cash of the bail-bond ... read more

Inside Santa Clara Jails, Predatory Bail Schemes Flourished for Years

On June 20, 2014, a bail bond agent named Dino Garcia received a phone call from an inmate in the Santa Clara County Main Jail. The inmate, known as Riley in court documents ... District Attorney’s ... read more

Letters to the Editor - Nov. 9

An interview with former bail bond industry lobbyist and private attorney Ira Cooke (“Hagerstown attorney says bail bond industry hurt by court rules,” Nov. 4) laments the impact of a court rule on ... read more

Bail industry battles reforms that threaten its livelihood

“I got to see how that worked,” Tolman says of the federal risk-based system. He says it was not perfect but thinks the current system is broken and being held hostage by the bail industry. Not yet to ... read more

North Dakota poor seek lower bail so they can work, but it doesn’t happen often

They are all required to maintain regular contact with their attorney, to notify the court of ... other states where bond reform has been considered, including Texas, bail bondsmen have resisted ... read more

Locked Up and Poor

Judges often set money bail in high figures to detain defendants, ensure they show up in court, and deter them from committing ... defendants to lose their jobs and housing, fuels a bail-bond industry ... read more

2002 hit-and-run case: Salman Khan guilty, gets interim bail

Barely hours after Bollywood star Salman Khan is sentenced to five years imprisonment in the 2002 hit-and-run case, Bombay High Court grants him interim bail ... Salman's lawyer begins arguments. Apr ... read more

Murder charges raise questions about bounty hunters

Authorities say the bounty hunters believed an ex-convict who had skipped out on several court ... rules for what they have to do. Some courts ask that the results of a drug test for each person ... read more