When an individual is arrested and does not have cash at hand to pay the entire bail ordered by the court, a bail bond serves as a great savior because it lets the accused go home during the pendency ...

Fear still fuels the bail reform debate, but new data from Illinois show that holding on to cash bail may make communities less safe. A year ago, Illinois made headlines as the first state to ...

NEW YORK — In 2017, around 33,000 criminal defendants in New York couldn’t post bail at their initial hearing. They went straight from a courthouse to jail simply because they were poor. The New York ...

A study led by Jaquelyn Jahn, PhD, an assistant professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, that found no change in gun violence in New Jersey after bail reform, was mentioned in an Aug. 11 New ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those who find themselves at the mercy of New Jersey's courts may learn for the first time that they will not have a monetary bail ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Of all our presidents, is Donald Trump the foremost expert on bail? If it’s a matter of personal experience, then yes.

The New York government could pass its own bill as soon as this spring.Advocates for criminal justice reform say that ending the bail system would help curb mass incarceration. Abolishing bail, ...

Fear still fuels the bail reform debate, but new data from Illinois show that holding on to cash bail may make communities less safe. A year ago, Illinois made headlines as the first state to ...