The parents of an Ontario woman killed more than five years ago say bail reform would make a big difference to community safety in Canada. Paul Henderson and Flo Bellman's daughter, Darian Hailey ...

Major bail reforms in Cook County led to a decrease in the number of people held in jail, but the reforms did not increase violent crime, according to a report released Thursday by the office of Cook ...

The long national debate over cash bail reignited in summer 2025 after the White House issued an executive order in August threatening to pull federal funding from jurisdictions that allow cashless ...

While another potential rollback of bail reforms has taken center stage in state budget negotiations for the second straight year, the fates of a swath of other criminal justice programs are being ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Officials are calling for changes to be made to stop recidivism, erase the perception among criminals that there are no meaningful consequences for crime and restore the ...

The highly debated bail reform law, which essentially abolished cash bail for most misdemeanors and some non-violent felonies, has been a source of contention since its inception in 2019. Critics ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Currently, Indiana law requires that all offenses are bailable, except murder or treason, and further provides judges with ...

Today, hundreds of thousands of legally innocent people remain jailed not because they are dangerous, but because they are poor. When someone is arrested, a judge can require them to pay a monetary ...