Critics of cash bail say it creates a two-tiered justice system: Those who can pay maintain their freedom, while those unable ...

In one case, a person accused of a lower-level drug offense has the opportunity to get out by paying a $15,000 bail. But he doesn’t have the money and can’t get it through a bail bondsman, so he may ...

Oklahoma has a decision to make: Will we continue clinging to a pretrial system that punishes poverty and fails to deliver public safety? Or will we move toward a smarter, fairer, and actually ...

A man accused of killing a woman and her 1-year-old daughter in a deadly Dededo crash will remain behind bars on $5,000 cash bail. 23-year-old John Mariano Moses appeared Tuesday afternoon in the Supe ...

A class-action lawsuit filed Friday is challenging a law passed in 2024 requiring people accused of minor criminal offenses such as trespassing and failure to appear in court to pay bail for their ...

Donald Trump’s latest executive order threatening to cut federal funding for communities that have eliminated cash bail for certain offenses exposes a fundamental truth about America’s justice system: ...

In 2015, a pregnant and homeless 30-year-old woman spent 135 days in an Illinois jail because she stole two plums and three candy bars from a Save A Lot store. That same year, a 41-year-old Illinois ...

Among the many other new laws that took effect July 1, Georgia’s bail bond system changed in a significant way. The main goal of Senate Bill 63 is to make it harder for people accused of certain ...

ATLANTA — Two women behind bars in Fulton County Jail sued the state of Georgia on Friday over a recent law that added a cash bail requirement for more crimes, many of them misdemeanors. The lawsuit ...

Sheriff Michael Bouchard said he feared the suspect would kill his ex-girlfriend if he were to be released on bond.