A judge reduced bail for a person facing misdemeanor and felony charges, but set it at a level that remains unaffordable, ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar)- Governor Greg Abbott addressed the Senate in a passionate speech on Tuesday, the first day of the Texas Legislature’s Session. Within the first five minutes, he made the crowd aware ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — According to the Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the rate of felony rearrests dropped since bail reform took effect five years ago.

ENFORCEMENT, ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THESE CHANGES. THIS IS NOT A PARTIZAN ISSUE. THIS IS AN ISSUE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. GOVERNOR KELLY AYOTTE WAS SURROUNDED BY SUPPORTERS PUSHING TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE 2018 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Bishop Charles Brewer, III. (Opinion) One of the most difficult situations I encounter in my role ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Let's have the conversation. Bail reform has been making headlines in Western New York for years. But I want to go beyond the headline and ask the question: are we reaching a ...

For years, bail reform has been a political punching bag — blamed for crime, weaponized in elections, and filling news headlines. Recently, a conservative wave swept the country as voters shifted ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addresses the killing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, N.C., during a news briefing. Republican state lawmakers in North Carolina are ...

Congressmember Elise Stefanik of New York introduced a bill that would cut federal funding to states and localities that limit the use of cash bail, while President Trump signed two executive orders ...

SWEDEN, N.Y. – A change to bail reform allowed a judge in the Sweden Town Court to set bail for crimes that don’t normally qualify, in a case involving a serial shoplifter who sparked a manhunt in ...

“The idea of transparency regarding bail decisions is always a good thing,” Bexar County 379th District Court Judge Ron Rangel said. Rangel said he supports most of the changes but emphasized the ...