Topic
Bail
386 published works
Litigation Finance Journal
Scramble to Recoup Rittenhouse Bail Windfall Involves Multiple Players
By John Freund
In a completely unsurprising turn of events, financial supporters of Kyle Rittenhouse have been bickering over who gets the nearly $2 million raised for the shooter’s bail. These include corporate…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Guest post #2 on big Seventh Circuit Wilks decision on Bail Reform Act’s "presumption of detention"
As explained in this post from last week, Alison Siegler, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the University of Chicago Law School's Federal Criminal Justice Clinic, wrote to me to…
Criminal
Guest post #2 on big Seventh Circuit Wilks decision on Bail Reform Act’s “presumption of detention”
As explained in this post from last week, Alison Siegler, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the University of Chicago Law School's Federal Criminal Justice Clinic, wrote to me to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Guest posts on big Seventh Circuit <em>Wilks</em> decision on Bail Reform Act’s "presumption of detention"
I hope readers recall the series of guest posts from a few years ago authored by Alison Siegler, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the University of Chicago Law School's Federal Criminal Justice…
Criminal
Guest posts on big Seventh Circuit <em>Wilks</em> decision on Bail Reform Act’s “presumption of detention”
I hope readers recall the series of guest posts from a few years ago authored by Alison Siegler, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the University of Chicago Law School's Federal Criminal Justice…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CA appellate court rules bail bond premium financing agreements are consumer credit contracts subject to cosigner notice requirement
A California appellate court has ruled that bail bond premium financing agreements are consumer credit contracts for which cosigners must be given a statutorily prescribed notice that warns of the…
ZMO Law Blog
What Do District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s New Policies Mean for Manhattan?
By Tess CohenManhattan has a new district attorney who is introducing change on a scale not seen in decades, but reactions to the changes have been overblown, if not alarmist.…
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
PA Supreme Court: Prosecutors Must Introduce Real Evidence of Dangerousness to Revoke Bail
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided the case of Commonwealth v. Talley, holding that prosecutors must introduce real evidence that a defendant is…
Weber Advising Writings
Waukesha Parade attack highlights a need to improve bail decisions. Do it in a thoughtful, bipartisan way that relies on science.
By Ralph Weber
This piece was first published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.The Waukesha Christmas Parade murders remind us of the continuous judgments made by district attorneys, court commissioners, and judges as they…
The Right Coast
LA cops arrest 14 suspects in 11 smash and grab robberies and all freed under ‘zero bail’ policy | Daily Mail Online
Police in Los Angeles have announced 14 arrests in connection with 11 recent smash-and-grab robberies at stores where nearly $340,000 worth of merchandise was stolen, but all the suspects have…