When an individual is arrested and does not have cash at hand to pay the entire bail ordered by the court, a bail bond serves as a great savior because it lets the accused go home during the pendency ...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Some of Maryland’s judges are proposing the state reduce the number of steps in the bail-setting process. A judiciary task force recommended on Wednesday that the state bundle ...
Many Americans haven’t heard of cash bail. But the idea is central to an election year battle over racism, policing, and mass incarceration. When arrested on suspicion of committing a crime, everyone ...
Often when judges determine that a person accused of a crime can safely be released from jail and return to court when directed, they face criticism for “letting the accused out” by reducing monetary ...
THAT STABBING SUSPECT IS A JUMP TO JUDGMENT. LAST WEEK, A SUSPECT ACCUSED OF STABBING A STRANGER IN MANCHESTER MULTIPLE TIMES WAS RELEASED WITHOUT HAVING TO POST BAIL. THAT DECISION, MADE BY A ...
The First Judicial District is going to stop accepting filing fees for motions to vacate or reduce bail forfeitures as part of an effort to collect from more than 150,000 defendants who failed to make ...