Lawmakers Mull Expanded Cash Bond Requirement
Democrats and their allies claim that a proposal to require cash bail in about two dozen cases is unfair and unconstitutional. Senate Bill 63 would add more than two dozen offenses to the list of charges requiring cash bond while limiting charitable bail funds, including those ran by churches, protest groups, and individuals, from securing […]
How Jail Release Energizes a Criminal Defense
The jailhouse blues are real, and they affect legal defenses and mental health. 20 percent of county jail inmates have a serious mental illness. Incarceration itself substantially or partially causes these mental illnesses. Confinement causes the body to produce catecholamines, the “fight or flight” stress hormone. Neither is an option in jail. Since defendants cannot […]
