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The Slow, Painful Death of Bail in New York City
by Jarrett Murphy, City Limits
In September 2015, New York’s chief judge said he would order the review of all bails imposed in low-level cases where a defendant did not pay, and push courts to consider alternatives to the cash transactions that now determine whether thousands remain free or behind ...
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