New York State’s sweeping bail reform law first went into effect in January 2020 and has been subsequently amended twice since then in response to widespread opposition from law enforcement, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by Morgan Trau. A bill introduced by Ohio Republicans would restrict nonprofits like The Bail Project from paying bail, ...

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 ...

Since they were enacted three years ago, bail reform laws have become a focal point in the conversation of public safety. "When we talk about public safety, for some reason right now, we always go to ...

Proponents of the proposal argue that it would help make the state's criminal-justice system fairer to historically ...

The News analyzed data from the state Office of Court Administration for 11,672 Buffalo City Court cases from Jan. 1, 2020, ...

Supporters of the proposed “PROTECT Act” argue that existing bail laws can allow repeat offenders to cycle in and out of ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A new Texas constitutional amendment will take effect Jan. 1, requiring judges and magistrates to deny bail to people accused of certain violent offenses. More than 60% of Texans ...