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"Can't afford a $200K bond?": Lawyers question why "billionaire" Trump needed help of bail bondsman
Salon via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDonald Trump Joe Raedle/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump is working with a local Georgia...
Opinion: As judges, we've made thousands of bail decisions. Here's the truth about detention and...
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBad Boys Bail Bonds, across the street from the Los Angeles County Jail, pictured in 2018. (Gary...
Detroit's 36th District Court to limit the use of cash bail after settling lawsuit
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMichigan's busiest district court will limit the use of cash bail, saying the practice...
Bail clampdowns don’t match what research says about suspects, experts say
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThis story originally appeared on Stateline. Crime is shaping up as a potent election issue, and one...
'Unjust?' Cash bail reform advocates react to controversial new law
Athens Banner-Herald via Yahoo News· 1 week agoGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp this week signed a controversial cash bail bill into law in a move that bail...
Illinois Supreme Court upholds end to cash bail; new system begins Sept. 18
CBS News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCHICAGO (CBS) -- The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a state law ending cash bail across the...
ACLU lawsuit against Leon County Clerk of Courts says Florida bail system is unconstitutional
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe America Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing Leon County Clerk of Courts Gwen Marshall on...
Illinois Is First State To Fully Abolish Cash Bail In Move To Stop Caging Poor People
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 8 months agoShannon Ross, pictured in August 2023, was arrested in Chicago in October 2019 on weapons charges,...
Depending on staff, Illinois public defenders prepare differently for the end of cash bail
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIllinois on Monday will become the first state to fully abolish cash bail through an act of the...
Do the judicial candidates for District Court support bail reform? Here's what they said
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEvery Jefferson County judicial seat will be on the ballot this November. Every voter will vote for...