STOP SB10 #FAKEBAILREFORM
STOP SB10 #FAKEBAILREFORM ACE DEUCE BAIL BONDS SB 10 would hand judges unrestrained power to incarcerate a person pre-trial with no bail set and no possibility of release. It gives courts and law enforcement power to put more people in jail! More than 2 results are available in the PRO version (This notice is only visible to admin users) categories All Posts CA DUI LAWS recent blogs BREAKING: Implementation of CA Senate Bill 10 Halted by Referendum Effort Bail Reform News – A view from the bench
BREAKING: Implementation of CA Senate Bill 10 Halted by Referendum Effort
BREAKING: Implementation of CA Senate Bill 10 Halted by Referendum Effort ACE DEUCE BAIL BONDS As a New York state court judge who has presided over felony criminal cases in Manhattan for the past 11 years, I am gratified that the Legislature and the Governor are on the verge of enacting landmark reforms to our state’s pre-trial securing order system designed to significantly reduce the number of criminal defendants who are incarcerated before trial. But I also have significant concerns about the specific reforms now being negotiated. First, in my view, it would be a mistake to eliminate all forms of monetary bail under any circumstance, as has been proposed. Significantly reducing the use of bail bonds would be a better option. Second, our state’s new securing order system must not enact inflexible rules which judges would then be required to mechanically apply to defendants who have particular characteristics, for example, a rule which would require specific kinds of securing orders for defendants charged with particular kinds of crimes. Third, the new system should not impose technically complex and potentially unworkable procedures on courts issuing securing orders. What is needed are new presumptive guidelines which channel judicial discretion in a manner which significantly reduces pre-trial incarceration, while allowing judges to confront each unique case before them with the widest possible array of options. Finally, for any reform to be successful, it must be backed by the significant financial resources which will be necessary to safely manage a large number of new criminal defendants in the community. SAY NO TO bail reform More than 2 results are available in the PRO version (This notice is only visible to admin users) categories All Posts CA DUI LAWS recent blogs Bail Reform News – A view from the bench STOP SB10 #FAKEBAILREFORM
Bail Reform News – A view from the bench
Bail Reform News – A view from the bench ACE DEUCE BAIL BONDS Required Signatures are Certified by Secretary of State; Controversial Law that Would Ban Cash Bail Now Goes to Voters in November 2020 Election FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Lakewood, CO (January 16, 2019) – The campaign to overturn California Senate Bill 10, which would have abolished cash bail, cleared a critical hurdle today when the Secretary of State certified that the required number of signatures had been gathered to force a referendum on the November 2020 ballot. SB-10 was hurriedly passed in August just before the end of the legislative session after numerous major changes were made to the bill which had been before the state Assembly for 21 months. The measure passed despite strong, bipartisan opposition from a wide range of groups, ranging from crime victims and law enforcement, to the ACLU and Black Lives Matter. A week after its passage, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB-10 into law. Almost immediately afterward, a signature gathering effort was initiated by Californians Against the Reckless Bail Scheme, a coalition consisting of public safety leaders, criminal justice reformers, crime victims’ advocates, concerned citizens and bail industry leaders. The coalition had 90 days from the date the governor signed the bill to collect 365,880 valid signatures from registered voters in California. The actual number gathered was 576,813 in only 70 days. “We knew with the momentum against this law from people on all sides of the issue, getting on the ballot would not be the problem. Now we can move on toward defeating this reckless law,” said Jeff Clayton, Executive Director of the American Bail Coalition. Bail reform has become a hot topic throughout the nation, with many claiming that the cash bail system is unfair because it forces poor people to be stuck in jail, while those with financial means can “buy their way out.” However, results from other jurisdictions throughout the country where laws similar to SB-10 have been implemented have shown evidence that they have created far more problems than they have solve. SB-10 would cost billions of dollars to implement and does not contain any provision to guarantee defendants would appear in court. In addition, it calls for use of a controversial risk assessment tool to determine whether or not a person accused of a misdemeanor is to be detained or released. However, such tools have been shown to be inaccurate. In jurisdictions where it has been used, violent offenders have been declared “safe,” while other individuals with minor blemishes on their records have been deemed “high risk” and left stuck in jail. Meanwhile, the algorithms behind risk assessment that were intended to remove racial and gender bias appear to be doing the opposite, according to a number of independent studies. More than 2 results are available in the PRO version (This notice is only visible to admin users) categories All Posts CA DUI LAWS recent blogs BREAKING: Implementation of CA Senate Bill 10 Halted by Referendum Effort STOP SB10 #FAKEBAILREFORM