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State Crime Commission takes a look at pretrial process following AG's call for bail reform

This comes on the heels of Attorney General Mark Herring calling for bail reform in a letter to the Virginia State Crime Commission ahead of this meeting. The letter says the Commonwealth needs to loo... read more

City Council Ready to Act on Bail Reform, Alone if Necessary

The speaker gave opening remarks at the hearing, reiterating her call for major reforms to the justice system. Over a dozen public defenders, advocates for bail reform ... the city to provide pre-tria... read more

Rethinking Rikers Island

What would it look like? And how might we get there? The Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform was formed to ... City have not been found guilty of a crime. ... read more

Nicolas Sarkozy: Crime and Punishment?

The Sarkozy affair must be placed in the broader context of investigating alleged war crimes by Western heads of state. So long as we choose only to look forward ... and was released on bail. He was s... read more

Innocent Until Proven Guilty, But Only If You Can Pay

Crime throughout the Northeast generally declined last year. No matter where they might fall ideologically, those calling for bail reform consistently point fingers at one foe for the sad state of ... ... read more

CNN INSIDE POLITICS

If we need additional time for another pretrial ... state comptroller, Carl McCall, for governor. McCall faces former HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo in the battle to take on the incumbent, Republican Geor... read more

Brooklyn District Attorney Candidates Address Criminal Justice Reform at Forum

The candidates also all stated their support for Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ call for an independent commission into wrongful ... many held at the jails there are pre-trial detainees unable ... read more

Tribune archive: The Daniel Taylor case

Alvarez, in her announcement, said the state's attorney's office was "about always seeking justice," not simply "racking up convictions." "These cases are something that she takes very ... is on the g... read more

CAPITOL NEWS & COMMENT: January 23

Christie’s call for eliminating the practice of payouts for public employees for unused sick time and for bail reform during his State of the State ... “We will take another look at the tuition study ... read more

Thought 'death cult' lawmaking ended with Abbott? Think again

But the erosion of our preciously balanced protections from arbitrary state ... crime in a court of law. The exceptions were mainly pre-trial refusal of bail, and war-time expedients. In more recent t... read more

Dems in Morris County

Yep, that’s happening this weekend when Loretta Weinberg, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, plans to visit the Parsippany Fall Festival …. And come October, Gov. Corzine is scheduled t... read more

Bystander's Defensive Shooting of Titusville Shooter Has Nothing to Do with "Stand Your Ground"

Right now, over 40 states are shall-issue (or don't even require a license); but when Florida shifted to shall-issue in 1987, it was just the 10th state to take such an approach ... been raised by the ... read more