As Gov. Kathy Hochul doubles down on her proposal to further roll back the landmark 2019 bail reforms as part of the state budget, law professors and public defenders are ringing the alarm bells over ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday threatening to withhold or revoke federal funding to local and state governments that offer cashless bail, arguing that it is a threat to ...

CLEVELAND -- You might not remember the details of the book “1984,” but you probably had to read it in high school, and you probably remember the theme – big government (or Big Brother) isn’t our ...

California lawmakers passed a bill eliminating money bail in 2018, but voters overturned the important reform in tumultuous 2020 after a fear-stoking referendum campaign led by the bail bond industry.