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Title: Scrap California’s bail system, chief justice says
Post by: DemolitionMan on October 25, 2017, 05:16:57 am

BY ALEXEI KOSEFF

California’s chief justice on Tuesday called for an end to the use of money bail, urging the state to instead release defendants based on whether they pose a threat to public safety.

Her comments followed the publication of a report on bail compiled by a working group of California judges. Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye assembled the group last year to study complaints that the practice unfairly penalizes the poor.

Title: Re: Scrap California’s bail system, chief justice says
Post by: DemolitionMan on October 25, 2017, 05:17:27 am

Another dumb idea from Sacramento.