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Bailing on Justice: The Dysfunctional System of Using Money to Buy Pretrial Freedom
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2012
by Tracy Velázquez
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2012, page 1
by Tracy Velázquez, Melissa Neal and Spike Bradford*
Filed under:
Lobbying,
Criminal Prosecution,
Statistics/Trends,
Jail Specific,
Money/Property,
Bond Fees,
Bail Bonds.
Location:
United States of America.
The practice of requiring someone to pay money to a court in order to remain free while awaiting trial is known as “money bail.” While considerable attention has been focused on other aspects of our criminal justice system, money bail is a ...
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