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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 ba... read more

Proposed changes may result in judges decreasing reliance on cash bail

Maryland's Attorney General ... any changes that hurt the bail industry, which has lobbied Annapolis lawmakers. Concluding a six-hour public hearing last week, the Court of Appeals voted on the matter ... 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 refor... 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

In-depth: Hundreds struggle financially, emotionally after losing disability checks because of lawyer's alleged fraud

Here's what the law says: if you can do any job in the economy you don't qualify for disability. Rules have to mean something ... He was released on bond pending his trial scheduled for next summer. H... read more

Why Is Deborah Norville in Jail?

This is LARRY KING LIVE ... court system. They're backed up, they say, and I've been trying to get in contact with my lawyer, writing and calling and stuff, but I never get no response. KING: I don't ... read more

NOW Transcript

BROWN: William Lowery is an attorney for the city of San Jose. He says that public access ... in prison to be released on bail. MOYERS: Recently Judge Ron Chapman signed the order setting them free. J... read more

Tangled in fraud probe, 100s face loss of disability checks

Here's what the law says: if you can do any job in the economy you don't qualify for disability. Rules have to mean something ... He was released on bond pending his trial scheduled for next summer. H... read more

LOU DOBBS MONEYLINE

A billion-dollar Enron employee lawsuit in U.S. bankruptcy court has some merit ... Well, Tom Donahue says we should not rush into changing accounting rules because there is no overwhelming national i... read more