Updates

Former New York Jets tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. was released earlier this month on $50,000 bail after being arrested for residential burglary.  According to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, officers were called to the Park Encinitas Mobile Home Park when a neighbor was concerned over an unusual person entering a home.  The neighbor […]

In a time when bail reform is on the tip of everyone’s tongue, it is important to remember why we have bail and what the benefits are to both defendants and victims.  This article will discuss how bail saves taxpayers money, helps relieve overburdened criminal courts and allows defendants to continue to work and spend

According to the WBAL 11 News I-Team, Baltimore has seen an increase in the number of inmates jailed pre-trial after bail reform was put into effect.  Reporting indicates that there was a significant increase (from 655 in March 2017 to 856 in March 2018) in the average number of arrestees held each day.  Judges are

Disgraced Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein was required to post 10% of the $10 million bail a New York judge set in his sexual assault case.  Weinstein surrendered to law enforcement early yesterday morning.  He was required to turn in his passport and stay in New York state or Connecticut as he awaits trial on the

Ina Rogers, 31, is being held on $495k bail in Solano County after she allegedly burned and beat her ten children.  The Northern California family lived in filth according to authorities.  Rogers is being held on nine counts of felony child abuse according to the Solano County District Attorney’s Office.  Allegations against the mother include

Authorities allege that Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, raped and murdered at least a dozen people.  Once believed to be one of ‘California’s most elusive serial killers,’ DeAngelo was arrested last month after law enforcement found additional evidence linking him to the crimes.  DeAngelo who was originally arrested on suspicion of two counts of murder was

Orange County District Attorney, Tony Rackauckas didn’t mince words in his recent op-ed for the Orange County Register.  Radical bail changes bad for California sites two major cases that have garnered national attention, the tragic murder of college student Blaze Bernstein and the Louise and David Turpin “house of horrors” where the couple stands accused

Allison Mack, best known for her role on Smallville as Chloe Sullivan, was released on $5 million bond.  Mack is currently awaiting trial for her alleged involvement in a sex cult.  In addition to posting the bond she was ordered to undergo electronic monitoring.  Mack will be confined to house arrest in her parent’s Los

Earlier this year, the Florida legislature rejected bail reform legislation that would have eliminated the state’s cash bail system.  Senate Bills 484, 1218 and 1392 opted to replace the current bail system with risk assessment programs similar to New Jersey and New Mexico.  The risk assessment programs work off of an algorithm designed to predict

Bail reform has become one of the hottest topics of 2018.  With many people questioning the inequities in the criminal justice system, some have decided that a complete overhaul of the bail system will magically fix problems that run rampant throughout the country and have little to do with the actual bail system.  New Jersey