Proposed changes to the state's bail system, recently passed by the State Senate, are now under scrutiny by a House committee ...

An emotional, 10-hour-long Texas House committee meeting Tuesday highlighted the stark divide between lawmakers and the ...

As the Texas House debates bills to make it easier to deny bail for defendants accused of violent crimes, the American Civil ...

The House of Representatives voted 204-175 on Thursday to roll back bail reforms that former Gov. Chris Sununu signed into ...

(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) No doubt that the cash bail system in this state has often been too lenient to people accused of serious crimes. Yes, some judges set absurdly low bail amounts ...

Andrew Cuomo performed a miracle at a Harlem church on a recent Sunday when he proclaimed from the pulpit that New York’s ...

A new report recommends that Minnesota should eliminate cash bail and instead create a system that is not based on people’s access to wealth. The state’s pretrial system relies heavily on ...

City prosecutors offered different statistics about their programs.

Senate Joint Resolution 1, or "Jocelyn's Law," would keep people without authority to be in the U.S. who are charged with ...

Three months after a 2024 bipartisan bail reform law took effect, New Hampshire Republicans are seeking to roll back large ...

Rather than “innocent until proven guilty,” cash bail means “guilty until proven ... People repeatedly encounter the criminal justice system partly because jail is a destabilizing experience ...