Topic
Bail
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PrawfsBlawg
Declaratory judgments and injunctions
Main Friday, August 30, 2019Declaratory judgments and injunctionsThe Fifth Circuit held that due process was violated by a system in which some portion of cash bail was used to fund…
CAP·impact
The CAP⋅impact Podcast – Episode 51: What California Can Learn from Maryland on Bail Reform with Professor Colin Starger
By Jon Wainwright, Capital Center for Law & Policy
After a summer hiatus, The CAP⋅impact Podcast is back! On this week's episode, I talked with Colin Starger, a professor of Law at the University of Baltimore. Maryland recently enacted…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Are pretrial risk assessment algorithms really part of “socialist agendas that are sweeping this country”?
The question in the title of this post is prompted by this curious new Fox News commentary authored by US Senator John Kennedy under the headline "Bail, bond decisions are…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Ohio Bail Task Force Issues Report and Recommendations.
Bail and the need for bail reform is a hot topic these days. In January of this year, Ohio’s Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor convened a task force, chaired by Montgomery…
The Right Coast
Epstein judge: I’ll take bail under advisement until Thursday
One has to wonder whether Berman s looking at the indictment itself. Epstein s defense team is challenging it as a violation of the Department of Justice s agreement in…
@theBar
The Future is Now 2.019: Reforming the Cash Bail System with Robin Steinberg and the Bail Project
Interviewed by Kenny Matuszewski Kenny: Where do you work and what did you practice? Robin: I am the CEO of the Bail Project, a national non-profit organization on a mission…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Bail and Mass Incarceration”
The title of this post is the title of this paper recently posted to SSRN and authored by Samuel Wiseman. Here is its abstract: It is widely known that the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Bail and Mass Incarceration”
The title of this post is the title of this paper recently posted to SSRN and authored by Samuel Wiseman. Here is its abstract: It is widely known that the…
Schantz Law Office Blog
Are Some People Better Off in Jail? The Illinois Bail Reform Act and What Has Changed
The purpose of bail is to ensure the presence of the defendant at future court dates. How the amount is set depends on many factors, such as the defendant’s criminal…
Schantz Law Office Blog
Are Some People Better Off in Jail? The Illinois Bail Reform Act and What Has Changed
The purpose of bail is to ensure the presence of the defendant at future court dates. How the amount is set depends on many factors, such as the defendant’s criminal…