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(CNN) — President Donald Trump wants to eliminate “cashless bail” in the nation’s capital and across the country. But what exactly does that mean, and what is the controversy all about? “Cashless bail ...
Three years ago, Jessica was struggling with drug addiction and homelessness. "I was stranded in Atlanta, and I got into some trouble," she says. NPR is not using her last name because she is worried ...
As a consensus grows nationwide that America’s criminal-justice system needs an overhaul, momentum is building to end one of its most pernicious elements: money bail. Money bail is a court’s demand ...
The Bail Project has poured more than $90 million into bailing suspects out of jail, including individuals who later killed people while free on bail. The organization says its mission is to provide ...
CHICAGO — Critics say the current system of pre-trial bail and bond payments is unfair. People who can’t afford it are locked up until trial, while the wealthy are released because they can afford to ...
The word was all around the Harris County Jail: If you have a high bail, AABLE Bail Bonds can get you out. And it was true. The company, headquartered just two blocks from the Harris County Criminal ...