Criminal
Sep. 21, 2018
There is an elephant in the room when it comes to bail reform
Purists who view bail exclusively as a tool to insure a defendant’s presence in court determined by the traditional balancing of flight risk and danger to the community miss its larger pragmatic role in processing an otherwise unmanageable flood of criminal cases.
Purists who view bail exclusively as a tool to insure a defendant's presence in court determined by the traditional balancing of flight risk and danger to the community miss its larger pragmatic role in processing an otherwise unmanageable flood of criminal cases. This includes other critics, including California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, who say cash bail doesn't promote public safety and is unfair to poor people who remain in jail while wealth...
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