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Miami Mayor to President Biden: “End Cash Bail” Policies a Failure Yahoo News: “Standing a few feet from President Biden during an event last Friday at the White House, Miami Mayor Francis X. Suarez delivered a message that was bound to find little traction in an administration that has embracedRead More → The post Miami Mayor to President Biden: “End Cash Bail” Policies a Failure appeared first on American Bail Coalition. [...]
Op-Ed: Illinois Supreme Court likely to rule state legislature acted hastily in ending cash bail Jeff Clayton, American Bail Coalition Excerpt from The Center Square - Jan 10, 2023 Two years ago, the Illinois legislature made a bold, politically-motivated move, voting to eliminate monetary bail, with implementation scheduled to takeRead More → The post Op-Ed: Illinois Supreme Court likely to rule state legislature acted hastily in ending cash bail appeared first on American Bail Coalition. [...]
Civil Rights Corps Damaging Criminal Justice System with Meritless Lawsuits The Civil Rights Corps and their cronies are playing a dangerous political game By Jeff Clayton, excerpt from The California Globe Like many jurisdictions across the nation, Los Angeles County has a big problem with its bail system. Scores of defendantsRead More → The post Civil Rights Corps Damaging Criminal Justice System with Meritless Lawsuits appeared first on American Bail Coalition. [...]
Pretrial Roadmap 2023 __________ The issue pertaining to the time-period between arrest and trial in the criminal justice system has long been debated. The stakes could be no higher when balancing the rights of the People, victims of crime, and the safety of communities along with the right to bailRead More → The post Pretrial Roadmap: 2023 appeared first on American Bail Coalition. [...]
New Jersey overhauled its bail system under Christie. Now some Democrats want to roll it back. excerpt from Politico... Eight years ago, then-Republican Gov. Chris Christie teamed up with Democrats to pass a major overhaul of New Jersey’s criminal justice system, ushering through legislation that made the state among theRead More → The post New Jersey overhauled its bail system under Christie. Now some Democrats want to roll it back. appeared first on American Bail Coalition. [...]
Houston, Harris County, Texas Florian Kroll was arrested on January 17th, 2020 for Sexual Assault and failure to register as a sex offender. You can read the news story by clicking here. Well, it [...] The post Man out on Personal Bond for Assault and Indecent exposure, Sexually Assaults woman at HEB. appeared first on US Bail Reform News. [...]
‘Live PD: Wanted’ highlights New Mexico catch and release Excerpt from KRQE - Dec 9 2019 SAN JUAN COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – People in New Mexico are all too familiar with the criminals who are [...] The post ‘Live PD: Wanted’ highlights New Mexico catch and release appeared first on US Bail Reform News. [...]
I’m all for criminal-justice reform but NYC’s latest changes are nuts Excerpt from the New York Post – Dec 15 2019 New York desperately needed to fix its criminal-justice system, but — as we’re now [...] The post I’m all for criminal-justice reform but NYC’s latest changes are nuts appeared first on US Bail Reform News. [...]
A good Samaritan couple helped catch an assailant who grabbed a woman between the legs and then threw her down on a Cliffside Park street, authorities said. Records show a judge released him less than [...] The post BAIL REFORM: Immigrant In Cliffside Park Sex Assault Caught With Good Samaritans’ Help Released appeared first on US Bail Reform News. [...]
Ex-con charged with drug distribution near child center, school Free-to-Go under NJ Bail Reform (excerpt from the Daily Voice - reported Aug 24 2019) LOCATION, LOCATION: Hackensack drug detectives early Friday arrested an ex-con who they [...] The post Ex-con charged with drug distribution near child center, school Free-to-Go under NJ Bail Reform appeared first on US Bail Reform News. [...]
In case you missed it, there’s a new sheriff in town: Kristin R. Graziano — South Carolina’s first woman to hold the title… [...]
Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has created a whirlwind of anxiety as we try and gain an upper hand on the worldwide pandemic. It's no… [...]
February 20, 2020 -- Charleston County Sheriff's Office made an arrest from a January hit-and-run case that injured school crossing guard Hattie Brown.… [...]
It is safe to say that Charleston officials have been bamboozled by a body of unelected bureaucrats and their strong effort to unwind… [...]
Charleston has an accountability problem -- or lack thereof -- which continues today with a get-out-of-jail-free card given to a stalking suspect. Robert… [...]
Houston, Harris County, Texas Florian Kroll was arrested on January 17th, 2020 for Sexual Assault and failure to register as a sex offender. You can read the news story by clicking here. Well, it did not surprise me to learn that Florian was out on two personal bonds for Indecent Exposure and Assault Bodily… Read more [...]
Austin, Travis County, Texas On Saturday morning, January 11th, 2020, Marvin Elam killed Isaac Dixon. The dispute was supposedly over a stolen piggy bank that belonged to Marvin's daughter. You can read a few of the news articles by clicking here and here. Well, after reading the story and doing a simple search on the… Read more [...]
Austin, Travis County, TX Dylan Woodburn has been identified as the suspect for the stabbing that took place in Downtown Austin on January 3rd, 2020. According to reports, Dylan randomly attacked someone at a coffee shop for no reason, people then tried to restrain him, but he was able to escape and flee into… Read more [...]
Austin, Travis County, Texas On November 25th, 2019, Amanda Overton was arrested and charged with Intoxicated Manslaughter after wrecking into a motorcycle in South Austin. After having her bond set at $100,000.00 she was quickly released on a Personal Bond. A personal bond is a bond through the county where the defendant doesn't have… Read more [...]
San Marcos, Hays County, Texas Tiffani Lankford was arrested on 11/8/19 for attacking a student. I will not say allegedly, because there is video of her doing it. Now, you would think she would spend some time in jail or have to pay to be released, but that was not what the Magistrate Judge… Read more [...]
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