New Jersey Eliminates Bail For Most Defendants
A new system eliminates monetary bail in most cases. For indictable, more serious crimes the defendant goes to jail but must have a court hearing within 48 hours.
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Rodger B
This will destroy NJ. The cost to the tax payer. The cost to their rights. Their judicial system will be a revolving door letting criminals out of jail that will not show up to court. Crime rates will sky rocket. Look at Chicago IL a no bail state and Portland OR Portland Oregon Multnomah county has more active warrants then the States of California Texas and New York Combined.
Yakima Washington has been using this system for 2 years and the have had 8 murders in the first quarter of 2017. Population of 250,000.
Commercial bail saves tax payers 5.3 million dollars a year per bail agent. And fortifies you rights.
The Arnold Foundation Vera Institute and Mac Arthur Foundation are funded by corporation build new jails and prisons. And run privatized prisons.