Cash Bail is Being Used as Ransom to Keep People Who Are Poor Behind Bars
In Canadian County, Oklahoma if you have the money, you get out of jail. If you are…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 22 – Joe Kimok, Progressive Prosecutor Candidate
Joe Kimok is a progressive candidate running for Broward County State Attorney in Florida. He is one…
Unjust Bail System Ending in San Francisco
Judge Issues Injunction to Remove Price Tag on Freedom (From Press Release – Equal Justice Under Law)…
Bail Isn’t Supposed to Be a Punishment. Why Does the Media Keep Acting Like It Is?
How high or low a bond is isn’t a measure of how severe the state considers a…
San Francisco Sheriff Favors Detention on Bail Issue in Federal Case
On Friday, a Federal Court Judge, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who previously in March, declared San Francisco’s use…
San Francisco Sheriff Favors Detention on Bail Issue in Federal Case
On Friday, Federal Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who previously in March declared San Francisco’s use of…
Future of San Francisco’s Bail System in Question
Sheriff Proposes Unconstitutional ‘Keep Everybody Locked Up’ Plan (From Press Release)– A critical hearing was held today…
Elizabeth Warren Unveils Her Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Plan
Last week Bernie Sanders published his criminal justice reform plan. On Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren published hers –…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Sanders Lays Out Plan for Massive Overhaul of Criminal Justice System
It was one of the shortcomings of his 2016 campaign, but it is a shortcoming no more…
Mistakenly Jailed Pretrial, Mother Lost Her Job and Kids
By Andrea Woods and Jocelyn Rosnick On April 11, Hamilton County police in Cincinnati, Ohio arrested Ashley…
ACLU Sues to End Cash Bail
By Twyla Carter and Philip Mayor Imagine being poor and being arrested by the police in Detroit. …
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi Dead at Age 59
SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi, the only elected public defender in the state, died last night as…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Conservative Approaches to Criminal Justice Reform
Since July, the American Conservative has an ongoing series of currently 12 articles in collaboration with the…
Sunday Commentary: There’s a Wave of Progressive Prosecutors, but We’ve Been Left Behind
Despite a closer than expected election back in June in Yolo County, the hope for progressive reform…
Sunday Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Advocate Warns of a Coming System of “E-Carceration”
More than anything else, the 2010 book by Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in…
Late Night Craziness in Legislature – Legislature Passes Several Police Reform Measures at 11th Hour
Bills to Open Up Police Officer Records, and Require Release of Body-Cam Footage Pass, Signaling New Era…
Governor Brown Signs Landmark Legislation to End Cash Bail, Amid Cries that It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 10 into law on Tuesday – meaning that next October 2019 cash…
Commentary: SB 10 Bail Reform Moves the Ball Forward, but Is Not Perfect
Most reformers agree on the basic problem of bail – we reside in a system that is…
ACLU Flips to Opposition of Bail Reform Bill but SB 10 Passes Assembly
The ACLU of California announced early on Monday that they had taken a step further than last…
Sunday Commentary: Does Bail Reform Go Far Enough?
A lot of people don’t really understand bail reform. The purpose of bail reform is not to…
