Oklahoma has a decision to make: Will we continue clinging to a pretrial system that punishes poverty and fails to deliver public safety? Or will we move toward a smarter, fairer, and actually ...

President Donald Trump has called on lawmakers in Congress to end no-cash bail laws in cities like New York and Chicago, ...

A class-action lawsuit filed Friday is challenging a law passed in 2024 requiring people accused of minor criminal offenses such as trespassing and failure to appear in court to pay bail for their ...

ATLANTA — Two women behind bars in Fulton County Jail sued the state of Georgia on Friday over a recent law that added a cash bail requirement for more crimes, many of them misdemeanors. The lawsuit ...

Donald Trump’s latest executive order threatening to cut federal funding for communities that have eliminated cash bail for certain offenses exposes a fundamental truth about America’s justice system: ...

Two women behind bars in Atlanta sued the state of Georgia on Friday over a recent law that added a cash bail requirement for more crimes, many of them misdemeanors. The lawsuit accuses the state of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- President Donald Trump’s Monday executive order threatens to cut federal funding for states and localities that have “substantially eliminated” cash bail. His order primarily ...

John Atkisson, a Windham County public defender, noted that Oja had been showing up in court as scheduled and argued against additional bail. Windham County State's Attorney Steven Brown had requested ...

If you want proof that Texas’ cash bail system doesn’t work, consider the case of Devon Jordan. After being charged with capital murder in 2022, Jordan was held on a $1 million bond by a Galveston ...

LYON COUNTY, Nev. (KOLO) - Last week, some Lyon County residents who have a family member in jail were targeted in a bail ...