When an individual is arrested and does not have cash at hand to pay the entire bail ordered by the court, a bail bond serves as a great savior because it lets the accused go home during the pendency ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Some of Maryland’s judges are proposing the state reduce the number of steps in the bail-setting process. A judiciary task force recommended on Wednesday that the state bundle ...

Many Americans haven’t heard of cash bail. But the idea is central to an election year battle over racism, policing, and mass incarceration. When arrested on suspicion of committing a crime, everyone ...

THAT STABBING SUSPECT IS A JUMP TO JUDGMENT. LAST WEEK, A SUSPECT ACCUSED OF STABBING A STRANGER IN MANCHESTER MULTIPLE TIMES WAS RELEASED WITHOUT HAVING TO POST BAIL. THAT DECISION, MADE BY A ...

Sonali Kolhatkar is the host of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a television and radio show on Free Speech TV and Pacifica stations. This week, she discusses America’s cash bail system. (Courtesy photo) ...