Government
Jun. 30, 2022
Bail reform is ‘inconsistently’ applied throughout state, critics say
“Humphrey is not being taken as seriously by the courts as one would hope a Supreme Court ruling would be,” said Katherine Hubbard, deputy director of litigation with the Civil Rights Corps.
Critics of cash bail say courts around the state have “inconsistently complied” with last year’s California Supreme Court decision preventing judges from holding defendants solely for their inability to pay bail.
With COVID-era zero bail policies expiring in more counties — now including the most populous county in the state — that inconsistency suddenly matters for a lot more people, said civil rights attorney Katherine Hubbard. But some p...
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