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SAN FRANCISCO -- Crystal Patterson didn't have the cash or assets to post $150,000 bail and get out of jail after her arrest for assault in October. So Patterson, 39, promised to pay a bail-bonds ...

Law and Library Association has been maintaining county court’s bail bond system. WILKES-BARRE – Operating on a more than 140-year-old bail postings statute, Luzerne County Court officials met Friday ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A new report examining the impact of recent changes to bail practices in Harris County found that releasing more misdemeanor defendants from jail without requiring cash bail did not ...

When you think of the bail industry, you’re likely to think of bail agents and their bounty hunters, who chase down fugitives released on bail for a fee, sometimes employing questionable tactics. But ...

Each year, millions of Americans sit in jail waiting for their pretrial date, often resulting in no convictions. In fact, 70 percent of people waiting in local jails today end up not being convicted ...

Reporting from Washington — President Obama’s civil rights lawyers are seeking a potentially far-reaching ruling to hold that the Constitution forbids the common practice of keeping people in jail ...

A Rhode Island bail bondsman attempted to charge a defendant's family an illegal nonrefundable fee instead of posting the required bail money. Rhode Island's bail system disproportionately impacts low ...