New Year, New Laws
A Brief Recap of Some of the New Laws Affecting Californians in 2020 California legislators were busy in 2019 writing hundreds of new laws that
January 10, 2020
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Bail Reform Faces Backlash in Greene County
Law Enforcement Officers Question Efficacy of Recent Bail Reform Legislation Bail reform legislation set to go into effect on January 1, 2020 is meeting reservation
December 6, 2019
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Voters Undecided About 2020 Bail Reform
29% of Voters Are Unsure of How They Will Vote on Bail Reform in 2020 According to a recent poll conducted by the UC Berkeley
November 4, 2019
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Common Types of Bonds
A Brief Explanation of the Most Common Types of Bail Bonds There seems to be a lot of misconception about bail bonds in today’s media.
October 1, 2019
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Houston Area Murder Renews Discussion About Bail Reform
As originally reported by Julian Gill of the Houston Chronicle, 22-year-old Alex Guajardo allegedly stabbed and killed his girlfriend after being released on personal bond
September 1, 2019
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Bail Industry Seeks Amendment to California Constitution
Constitutional Amendment Sought to Protect a Person’s Right to Bail In an effort to protect a defendant’s right to bail, the California bail industry
July 29, 2019
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Why Bail Works
Considering the Rights of a Defendant As bail reform considerations take place across the country, few people have talked about why bail was established to
June 21, 2019
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Pre-trial Release and Algorithm-Based Judgments
Why Both Sides Agree that Bail Alternatives Don’t Solve the Problem Bail reform debates are raging across the country, but what is the alternative? Proposed
May 17, 2019
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Case Study: Nevada Bail Legislation
A Look at Nevada’s Proposed Bail Reform Legislation Nevada is the latest state to struggle with how to reform a broken system. America’s criminal justice
April 19, 2019
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Oversight Called for On Risk Assessment Systems
Why Many Are Questioning Whether Risk Assessment Programs Are Truly Unbiased If you have been following the bail reform debate you know that one suggested
March 29, 2019
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