Suppose you are arrested for stealing a car. You’ll be brought to the police station, where the officer on duty will tell you the price for your release. Under the ...

Have you ever taken a moment to think about the cash bail system in the United States? If you’re like me, you may have just accepted it as the way things are and never given it a second thought. But ...

A group of lawmakers is introducing legislation that aims to strengthen the bail process and protect potential victims of ...

For all the death, misery and havoc that COVID-19 inflicted during its first three years, the pandemic did bring one short-lived benefit to the criminal justice system, at least in Los Angeles County.

Former Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn, who denies murdering camper Carol Clay, did not have exceptional reasons to be released on ...

Following the California Supreme Court's landmark ruling in In re Kowalczyk prohibiting unaffordable bail and limiting ...

President Trump’s executive order wields a cutoff of federal funds as a threat to pressure jurisdictions like Washington, D.C., to stop releasing defendants without forcing them to post a payment, ...

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and other politicians have been citing a misleading study to defend New York's bail reform laws. Hans Pennink/Pool via REUTERS Senate Majority Leader ...