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Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Prison Policy Initiative Report Says Money Bail System Keeps Poor in Jail by Derek Gilna Of the more than 2.3 million people locked up in the United States at any given time, around 646,000 are held in county jails. Of that population, seven in ten are pretrial detainees who have …
The Impact of Trying Youths as Adults, Campaign for Youth Justice, 2007 THE CAMPAIGN FOR YOUTH JUSTICE The Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ) is dedicated to ending the practice of trying, sentencing, and incarcerating youth under the age of 18 in the adult criminal justice system. The goals of the …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Georgia: Federal Court Finds Bond System Unfair to Indigent Defendants, Enters Injunction by Derek Gilna Maurice Walker, 54, was arrested in the City of Calhoun, Georgia for public intoxication in September 2015, and told that if he posted a $160 bond he could go free until his first court date. …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Bail Bond Payment Plans Face Scrutiny, Criticism in New Jersey by Joe Watson In May 2014, New Jersey’s State Commission of Investigation (SCI) concluded a “broad-based” probe into the state’s bail bond industry for allowing criminal defendants to get out of jail with lower upfront costs and weekly or monthly …
Publication • 2016
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Bail
Distortion of Justice How the Inability to Pay Bail Affects Case Outcomes, Stevenson, 2016 Distortion of Justice: How the Inability to Pay Bail Affects Case Outcomes Megan Stevenson∗† May 2, 2016 Abstract Instrumenting for detention status with the bail-setting propensities of rotating magistrates I find that pretrial detention leads to …
Publication • 2016
Confronting Criminal Justice Debt, a Guide CONFRONTING CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEBT A GUIDE FOR LITIGATION NCLC® September 2016 NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER ® © Copyright 2016, National Consumer Law Center, Inc. All rights reserved. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Abby Shafroth is a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center and focuses …
Moving Beyond Money: A Primer on Bail Reform, Criminal Justice Policy Program, Harvard Law School, 2016 OCTOBER 2016 Moving Beyond Money: A Primer on Bail Reform CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY PROGRAM HARVARD LAW SCHOOL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Moving Beyond Money: A Primer on Bail Reform was prepared by the Criminal Justice Policy Program …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Bail, Bail Bonds
The Slow, Painful Death of Bail in New York City by Jarrett Murphy 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 …
Walker v. City of Calhoun, GA, Order, Preliminary Injunction, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00170-HLM Document 40 Filed 01/28/16 Page 1 of 74 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ROME DIVISION MAURICE WALKER, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION FILE NO.: 4: …
Brief • December 3, 2015
Lopez-Valenzuela v. Arpaio, AZ, Order, No Bail for Undocumented Immigrants, 2015 Case: 11-16487, 12/03/2015, ID: 9778457, DktEntry: 124, Page 1 of 19 FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ANGEL LOPEZ-VALENZUELA; ISAAC CASTRO-ARMENTA, Plaintiffs - Appellants, DEC 03 2015 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS …
Article • November 17, 2015
Filed under: Bail, Overdetention, Immigration
Immigrants Must Be Given Bail Hearing after Six Months by Immigrants Must Be Given Bail Hearing after Six Months The U.S. government's practice of indefinitely holding deportable immigrants in jail without giving them a chance to argue for release on bail was given the red light when a federal court …
Brief • November 12, 2015
Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Settlement, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 19-1 Filed 11/12/15 Page 1 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 19-1 Filed 11/12/15 Page 2 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 19-1 Filed 11/12/15 Page 3 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 19-1 Filed 11/12/15 Page 4 …
Brief • November 12, 2015
Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Final Judgment, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 19 Filed 11/12/15 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSJSSIPPI ~J.. EO ~-~ 2015] ) ARTHUR JOHNSTON CHEVON ELIZABETH …
Brief • November 6, 2015
Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Declaratory Judgment, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 18 Filed 11/06/15 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION ) CHEVON ELIZABETH THOMPSON et a!.) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) ) ) v. …
Article • October 30, 2015
Houston Justice System Disfavors Poor by Houston Justice System Disfavors Poor Blacks awaiting trial in Harris County Texas have always had a tougher time receiving fair treatment than other ethnic groups. They still do. Gerald R. Wheeler reviewed more than 6,500 felony and misdemeanor pretrial detainee cases in Harris County, …
Brief • October 28, 2015
Filed under: Bail, Bail Bonds
Buffin v. San Francisco, CA, Class Action Complaint, Pretrial Detention Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 3:15-cv-04959 Document 1 Filed 10/28/15 Page 1 of 13 Phil Telfeyan California Bar No. 258270 Attorney, Equal Justice Under Law 601 Pennsylvania Avenue NW South Building — Suite 900 Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 505-2058 ptelfeyan@equaljusticeunderlaw.org Attorney …
Brief • October 9, 2015
Bell v. Jackson, MS, Class Action Complaint, Debtor Prisons, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION SOUTHl:RN DISTRICT r i'AIS ·, ) JEROME BELL, JAMES SHEPPARD, MARTEZE HARRIS, DOMONIC BUTLER, MICHAEL DAVIS, RICKY LAMBERT, JARMALE WALKER, et al. Plaintiffs, ) ) ) …
Brief • September 8, 2015
Walker v. City of Calhoun, GA, Class Action Complaint, Indigent Arrestee Bail Debtors Prison, 2015 Case 4:15-cv-00170-HLM Document 1 Filed 09/08/15 Page 1 of 15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ROME DIVISION ________________________________ ) MAURICE WALKER, on behalf of ) himself and others …
Brief • June 15, 2015
Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Motion and Order for TRO, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 10 Filed 06/15/15 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION ) CHEVON ELIZABETH THOMPSON et al.,) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) …
Brief • June 12, 2015
Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Complaint, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 1 Filed 06/12/15 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI, SOUTHERN DIVISION SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI ) FILE 0 CHEVON ELIZABETH T HOM PSON, et al.) …
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