US Edition‘Cashless bail’: The origins of the bail reform movement and why Trump wants to end it
Trump's executive orders threaten funding for districts with cashless bail policies and seek federal custody for defendants to ensure pre-trial detention, aiming to address public safety concerns.
- President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order directing federal agencies to review jurisdictions with cashless bail and link findings to federal funding.
- Kalief Browder, New York teenager held at Rikers, highlighted money-bail injustices, and reform advocates aim to prevent wealth-based pretrial detention, with Washington, D.C. removing cash bail since 1992.
- Researchers at the Brennan Center found about 562,000 people detained pretrial with about 80% unconvicted, while critics highlight Harvey Weinstein's $1 million bail release illustrating financial privilege.
- The administration argues the orders address repeated releases forcing police to re-arrest the same people, calling that a waste of resources and a public-safety threat; The White House positioned the initiative within its 'Making America Safe Again' crime-emergency push, including temporary federal actions in Washington, D.C.
- Across states, reforms vary and Illinois adopted its 2023 law while New York state revised its 2020 bail law after officials said local law enforcement cited repeat arrests, such as 211 defendants arrested three times for burglary through June 2022, to argue reforms tied judges' hands.
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SADOW: Order May Bring End to Orleans Cashless Bail
New Orleans is in the crosshairs again of the Republican Pres. Donald Trump Administration with his executive order designed to determine which state and local jurisdictions use cashless bail regimes and then find means to withhold federal dollars from recalcitrant ones. Orleans Parish will make that list because of an initiative begun several years ago. […] The post SADOW: Order May Bring End to Orleans Cashless Bail appeared first on The Hayri…
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White House President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to protect Americans by ensuring Federal policies and resources are not used to support cashless bail policies across the Nation. The Order directs the Attorney General to submit a list of States and local jurisdictions with cashless bail policies. The Order instructs the Administration to identify Federal funds currently provided to cashless bail jurisdictions that may be suspended…
Trump Is Cracking Down on Justice Reform. Advocates for Cashless Bail Promise a Fight.
President Donald Trump is cracking down on states and cities with cashless bail policies. But advocates in those states say their systems have been successes — and they’re likely to go to court to protect them. Trump’s executive order on Monday directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to create a list of cities and states using cashless bail policies. Those local governments will then be targeted for federal funding cuts. In the executive order, the …
Cashless Bail and Crime Crackdowns: Democrats Fumble Again - Liberty Nation News
By Graham J Noble Their visceral hatred for President Donald Trump and their obsessive urge to take a contrarian stance on every issue he raises seem to know no bounds. It is hardly surprising, then, that so many Democrats are now apparently determined to resist the restoration of law and order in America’s cities. From his Aug. 25 executive […]
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