The 1960\u27s and early 1970\u27s witnessed an unprecedented reform of the bail laws of this country. The reform has made it possible for a greater percentage of criminal defendants to be released before trial thereby avoiding the stigma and considerable prejudice flowing from incarceration. Even though the reform has also produced a modest increase in the number of persons who fail to appear for trial, on balance critical response to the reform has been favorable
Bail reform is happening. Across the country, jurisdictions are beginning to recognize that contempo...
Once a cornerstone of American jurisprudence, the requirement of prosecution based upon grand jury i...
Across the United States, pretrial incarceration is a major driver of climbing jail populations. One...
We are waist-deep in the third wave of bail reform. Scholars, policy makers, and the public have rea...
There are few issues in criminal law with greater momentum than bail reform. In the last three years...
On any given day in 2019, on average, there were more pretrial inmates per 100,000 residents in Hamp...
The issue of pretrial detention is part of a larger, national conversation on criminal justice refor...
Mass incarceration is one of the greatest social problems facing the United States today. America in...
During the 2021 Session and 2021 Special Session, Virginia took steps to restore the balance between...
This Article submits that any meaningful discussion of bail reform at the state level must be jurisd...
Our current pretrial system imposes high costs on both the people who are detained pretrial and the ...
Money bail as a condition for pretrial release has existed throughout American history. Two out of e...
A Review of Court Reform on Trial: Why Simple Solutions Fail by Malcolm M. Feele
For many years, the sentencing process of the criminal justice system sought to achieve four goals: ...
Catalyzed by the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, support for criminal justice reform in the Uni...
Bail reform is happening. Across the country, jurisdictions are beginning to recognize that contempo...
Once a cornerstone of American jurisprudence, the requirement of prosecution based upon grand jury i...
Across the United States, pretrial incarceration is a major driver of climbing jail populations. One...
We are waist-deep in the third wave of bail reform. Scholars, policy makers, and the public have rea...
There are few issues in criminal law with greater momentum than bail reform. In the last three years...
On any given day in 2019, on average, there were more pretrial inmates per 100,000 residents in Hamp...
The issue of pretrial detention is part of a larger, national conversation on criminal justice refor...
Mass incarceration is one of the greatest social problems facing the United States today. America in...
During the 2021 Session and 2021 Special Session, Virginia took steps to restore the balance between...
This Article submits that any meaningful discussion of bail reform at the state level must be jurisd...
Our current pretrial system imposes high costs on both the people who are detained pretrial and the ...
Money bail as a condition for pretrial release has existed throughout American history. Two out of e...
A Review of Court Reform on Trial: Why Simple Solutions Fail by Malcolm M. Feele
For many years, the sentencing process of the criminal justice system sought to achieve four goals: ...
Catalyzed by the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, support for criminal justice reform in the Uni...
Bail reform is happening. Across the country, jurisdictions are beginning to recognize that contempo...
Once a cornerstone of American jurisprudence, the requirement of prosecution based upon grand jury i...
Across the United States, pretrial incarceration is a major driver of climbing jail populations. One...