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Trends in Pretrial Release State Legislation - NCSL 2015.pdf
Report on Impact of House Bill 463 Outcomes, Challenges, and Recommendations - Kentucky Pretrial Services 2012.pdf
This article argues that the bail determination process is a racially unbalanced system due to lack of resources, information, and uniformity along with the improper considerations of the defendants’ race and financial status. This has led to racial disparities as well as jail overcrowding in...
Give Us Free-Addressing Racial Disparities in Bail Determinations - Legislation and Public Policy 2014.pdf
By eliminating money bail in the nation’s most populous state, California’s historic SB10 legislation has sent a clear message that the practice of imposing money bail is unfair, ineffective, and a waste of public resources...#Legislation
Understanding SB10 - PJI 2018.pdf
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Colorado Decision Tree for Setting Bond Type - PJI_CLEBP 2013.pdf
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Brangan v. Commonwealth (2017).pdf
On July 11, 2016, Alaska Governor Bill Walker (I) signed into law research-driven legislation that aims to deliver a greater public safety return on the state’s spending...#ResearchData #LawEnforcementJails #Legislation
Alaska's Criminal Justice Reforms- Comprehensive Law Improves Pretrial, Sentencing, and Corrections Policies - Pew 2016.pdf
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Pretrial Release in California, Legal Parameters for Evidence Based Practices - CSJ CRJ 2015.pdf
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The Excessive Bail Clause Achieving Pretrial Justice Reform Through Incorporation - Rutgers Law Review 2014.pdf
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Key Features of Holistic Pretrial Justice Statutes and Court Rules - PJI 2016.pdf
One of the County Board’s working committees, the PP&J, focuses on legislation that addresses such matters as law enforcement, public safety, the County Jail and the Clerk of Courts
Frequency of Signature Bonds in Dane County Criminal Cases- 2012-2016 - Judge Nicholas McNamara 2018.pdf
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Misdemeanor Bail Reform and Litigation- An Overview - GSU Center for Access to Justice 2017.pdf
The ACLU of Georgia, working with law professors, computer science students, and student and community volunteers, released a study examining how closely Georgia courts complied with four legal requirements set under recent bail reform legislation and litigation: an evaluation of ability to pay; holding an individualized bail hearing that evaluates a person’s finances within 48 hours of arrest; guaranteed release within 48 hours on a misdemeanor charge; and availability of a public defender when bail is set
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Alaska's Criminal Justice Reforms- Comprehensive Law Improves Pretrial, Sentencing, and Corrections Policies - Pew 2016 On July 11, 2016, Alaska Governor Bill Walker (I) signed into law research-driven legislation that aims to deliver a greater public safety return on the state’s spending
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On April 1, 2019, New York State passed sweeping criminal justice reform legislation that eliminates money bail and pretrial detention for nearly all misdemeanor and nonviolent felony defendants; requires prosecutors to disclose their evidence to the defense earlier in case proceedings; promotes speedy trial rights; and reduces the maximum length of a jail sentence for people convicted of a misdemeanor from one year to 364 days (avoiding deportation exposure for many immigrants convicted of minor crimes)
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Guidelines for Analyzing State and Local Pretrial Laws - PJI 2017.pdf
Supporting Links for Items Discussed in February 1, 2019 First Friday Forum LEGISLATION Alaska - SB 33 will repeal and replace SB 91, including the use of pretrial assessments http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?
Santa Clara Case Study (2019).pdf
Center for Legal and Evidence-Based Practices http://www.clebp.org/ #Legislation #Bail
Model Bail Laws- Re-Drawing the Line Between Pretrial Release and Detention - CLEBP 2017.pdf