A judge reduced bail for a person facing misdemeanor and felony charges, but set it at a level that remains unaffordable, ...

The steel-bar secured “dock” in the Department 8 courtroom is seen in Gordon Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Friday, July 29, 2022, in downtown Sacramento. The Trump administration threatens ...

President Donald Trump wants to eliminate “cashless bail” in the nation’s capital and across the country. But what exactly does that mean, and what is the controversy all about? “Cashless bail” is a ...

Earlier this week, Donald Trump identified another threat to “Americans’ safety and well-being,” along the same lines as the threat that prompted him to send military vehicles and armed soldiers onto ...

Studies have not shown a correlation between cashless bail policies and an increase in crime. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill in 2018 to end cash bail across California. Voters nixed it after the bail ...

Mar. 25—Gov. Kelly Ayotte said she expects the landmark bail reform law she signed Tuesday to be a permanent fix to close what she has called a "revolving door" of criminals being allowed back out on ...

A first-of-its-kind study on the disastrous impacts of cashless bail in the US has shed alarming light on how the troubling practice not only increases crime but makes ex-cons more likely to reoffend.

For years, bail reform has been a political punching bag — blamed for crime, weaponized in elections, and filling news headlines. Recently, a conservative wave swept the country as voters shifted ...

Congressmember Elise Stefanik of New York introduced a bill that would cut federal funding to states and localities that limit the use of cash bail, while President Trump signed two executive orders ...