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Bail
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Law Times News
Ontario calls on Federal government to tighten bail laws for violent offenders
Legal groups voiced concerns about the potential for systemic bias in the proposed reforms
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
The Unconstitutional Hostility Towards Nonprofit Bail Funds
From Alliance For JusticeI told you last year about a growing backlash against charitable bail organizations. Georgia is one of the leading states in that regard. Earlier this year Georgia…
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
PA Supreme Court Finds No Right to Bail in First Degree Murder Cases
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided the case of Commonwealth v. Yard, finding that a defendant does not have the right to bail…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
10 Major Legal Threats to U.S. Civil Society
From the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law:A growing array of legal threats makes it harder for nonprofit organizations and activists in the U.S. to do their work. The 2024 elections…
SCOV Law
August 2, 2024 (With a July 23 EO): Five on Friday
This has to be one of my favorite I-am-not-impressed photos everBy Andy DelaneyThis week, SCOV cranked out five opinions and posted an entry order from a week and a half…
Dispute Resolution Blog
Out on bail: Do not disturb?
By Kapil Arora, Palak Nagar, Pravar Misra
OVERVIEW A live location on your mobile phone, gets you a cab and instant food/grocery delivery, among myriad other things. On occasion, a live location could also get you bail!This…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Nonprofit Bail Fund Files Suit Against Georgia’s “Draconian” Anti-Nonprofit Bail Fund Legislation
From the Lancaster Bail FundI have mentioned a growing hostility towards cash bail as a charitable purpose. In mostly red states, like Georgia,…
Simple Justice
When “Reformers” Lose The Tune
Bail is bad. We know that because all the “abolish bail” reformers say so. They tell us that bail is just a way to oppress poor people, whose only “crime”…
Legal Profession Blog
Petition Rejected While Attorney On Pretrial Diversion
A petition for voluntary discipline was rejected by the Georgia Supreme CourtAfter the Bar filed a formal complaint, York filed a petition for voluntary discipline admitting the allegations against him.…
SCOV Law
The No-Contact "Rule": March 22, 2024
As conditions require, so to speakBy Andy DelaneyThis week's opinions deal with criminal conditions of release and the tort known as negligent infliction of emotional distress. On Thursday, March 21, SCOV…