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OPINION: Time to reform state's unjust bail system

Under North Carolina’s unjust cash bail system, when people are arrested – even wrongly – they must pay hundreds to hundreds of thousands of dollars to be released before their court date. read more

States And Cities Take Steps To Reform 'Dishonest' Bail System

U.S. Jurisdictions Take Steps To Reform 'Dishonest' Bail System As many as a third of defendants in urban areas remain in jail because they could not post bail. An increasing number of states are ... read more

Even blue states are learning bail reform is a disaster. Red states are ...

Instead, bail reform lets extremely dangerous people avoid pretrial detention. Red states could be next. Blue states wanted to fix their bail systems and help non-violent offenders. read more

Commentary: Public overwhelmingly supports reforming bail system

Quietly and with little fanfare, The Pew Charitable Trusts released a stunning report detailing Americans' opinions on bail reform. I'll cut to the chase: The public overwhelmingly supports ... read more

Advocates hope faith and data can right an unjust NC bail system ...

Bail reform has hit a wall in NC’s General Assembly, but two Raleigh men think they can fix a broken bail system by harnessing the moral power of faith groups. read more

California has a ragged road to bail reform - Los Angeles Times

Senate Bill 10 is California’s road to bail reform — a rough, ragged road of unknown length, lined with hazards and requiring tunnels that are not yet dug and bridges not yet built. read more

Opinion: Bail reform is solution looking for a problem

Bail reform was in the spotlight again this past week – Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld’s guest column "It's time to adopt bail reform in Cincinnati," (April 20) and The Enquirer ... read more

Ending Cash Bail - Los Angeles Times

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 Times editorial page is examining these and other ... read more

Is Bail Reform Soft on Crime? Not When Done Well. - Governing

Despite some fear-mongering rhetoric amid post-COVID spikes in crime and pushback on reforms previously enacted, modernizing and improving the bail system does not have to be seen as soft on crime. read more

In prison reform, fix bail system first - Detroit Free Press

In Michigan, the number of people incarcerated grew by 171% between 1980 and 2016, when more than 41,100 people were imprisoned.As a result of that massive increase, the state spent $2 billion on ... read more

Opinion: Bail reform needed to keep violent offenders off the streets - MSN

The Waukesha Christmas parade attack was caused by a man with a lengthy violent criminal record, and the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act aims to protect communities by defining bail ... read more