So Much for The Great California Bail Celebration [themarshallproject.org]

Alicia Doktor 9/4/181:27 PM

To great fanfare, California Gov. Jerry Brown this week signed into law the nation’s most radical overhaul of bail, essentially abolishing cash bail and putting bondsmen out of business.

In a statement, Brown declared the new law would assure that “that rich and poor alike are treated fairly” when accused of crimes.

But even before the governor signed it, the new law was under sharp attack from some surprising voices — criminal justice advocacy organizations that have long sought to overturn the state’s cash bail system.

[For more on this story by ABBIE VANSICKLE, go to https://www.themarshallproject...bration?ref=hp-2-111]

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