On Monday, President Donald Trump, who has called cashless bail a "government-backed crime spree," signed an executive order to end the policy nationwide. The order restricts the allocation of ...

In 2015, a pregnant and homeless 30-year-old woman spent 135 days in an Illinois jail because she stole two plums and three candy bars from a Save A Lot store. That same year, a 41-year-old Illinois ...

President Donald Trump recently signed two executive orders targeting “cashless bail,” the policies that permit the release of people arrested for crimes pending trial without requiring them to pay ...

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly reported the results of a study that estimated the effects of New York bail reform on recidivism for people accused of misdemeanors and ...

The House passed the District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act, or H.R. 5214, with a vote of 237-179. This proposed law would mandate bail in dollars for violent crimes and release against the safety ...

(CNN) — President Donald Trump wants to eliminate “cashless bail” in the nation’s capital and across the country. But what exactly does that mean, and what is the controversy all about? “Cashless bail ...

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