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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

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

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

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

Reforming Our Cash Bail System Will Improve Public Safety - And ...

It is time for Tennessee to embrace cash bail reform. By doing so, the state will promote a more equitable and just criminal legal system while improving public safety by reducing recidivism. read more

Advocates look to faith and stats to fix a broken bail system | Opinion

Many North Carolina jail inmates are in custody because they cannot afford the cost of bail. read more

The Editorial Board: Bail reform law is essential and valid, but ...

As a legislative issue, bail reform is done – at least for now. As a political matter, it’s all but guaranteed to live on. Please subscribe to continue reading… Please subscribe to continue ... read more

Ron DeSantis, Speaker Renner, others pretend that bail reform is ...

Republican leaders have focused on bail reform and other proposed changes to Florida’s resource-devouring, unjust justice system as the latest battle station on their politically motivated warpath. read more

Daily Herald opinion: Time, still, will tell: Loyola study reinforces ...

Two weeks ago, supporters and opponents of Illinois' 2023 criminal justice reforms offered somewhat predictably mixed interpretations of the fairness of the new system after its first year in ... read more

Reforming the cash bail system benefits both the accused and taxpayers

A fundamental tenet of the American criminal justice system is its presumption that the accused is innocent until proven guilty. read more

Ron DeSantis, Speaker Renner, others pretend that bail reform is ...

There’s no doubt that Republican leaders have focused on bail reform — and other significant reforms of Florida’s resource-devouring, unjust criminal justice system — as the latest battle ... read more