The State Legislature is meeting very soon to vote on the passage of SB10 - California's Bail Reform Law. Backers of the bill would have you believe that the only reason people remain in jail is because they're too poor to afford bail. If passed, their proposed reform would eliminate bail entirely and instead replace [...]
There may soon come a day when you're unable to bail out a friend or loved one who has been arrested and taken into custody under suspicion of committing a crime. According to New York State Senator Michael Gianaris, the state's bail system is unfair to the poor who are sometimes unable to pay bail [...]
So, you get the phone call that a friend or loved one has been arrested and is currently in police custody at Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles. You know you want to get them out of jail, but how do you do it? What does it entail? It really isn't all that [...]
