Proving intent to flee before it happens is extraordinarily difficult, let alone proving intent with a specific motive. | ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The debate over cash bail has seen renewed vigor over the lastfew weeks when President Trump surged federal resources to address ...
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, “Taking Steps to End Cashless Bail to Protect Americans,” will build momentum toward smart pretrial release policies across the country, protecting ...
States are making major progress in reforming our nation’s cash bail system. An estimated half-million Americans are in county jails right now, because they can’t afford to pay bail. Critics call the ...
Illinois is supposed to be the newest state to eliminate cash bail in the new year. A law thought to go into effect January 1 that would get rid of cash bail statewide has been put in limbo amid a ...
Wednesday’s forum is expected to bring together legal experts, business leaders, and community members as the discussion ...
As a consensus grows nationwide that America’s criminal-justice system needs an overhaul, momentum is building to end one of its most pernicious elements: money bail. Money bail is a court’s demand ...
Both of the Republicans hoping to challenge Gov. Maura Healey in the general election have come out in “strong support” of a proposal before the Legislature to do away with the state’s cash-free bail ...
Grand Isle County State’s Attorney Doug DiSabito said this week that criminal defendants continue to blow off court hearings, and the Vermont judiciary is doing little or nothing about the ...