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Jun 02, 2017
Jun 02, 2017
Advocates Vow to Double Down on Efforts to Reform California’s Money Bail System
One of Two California Bail Reform Measures (SB 10) Advances Despite Lobbying Campaign by For-Profit Bail Insurance Industry; Second Measure (AB 42) Stalls Under Industry Pressure
May 31, 2017
May 31, 2017
California Senate Approves Bail Reform Legislation
Bill Would Ensure California Doesn’t Jail People Simply Because They Can’t Afford Bail; Another Identical Bill is Awaiting a Floor Vote in the Assembly
May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017
Nationwide Report: Insurance Corporations Created Exploitative $2 Billion Bail Industry
In California, Bail Insurance Corporations' Impact and Influence is Exposed as the Legislature Considers Reforms to the State's Unjust and Costly Money Bail System
Apr 03, 2017
Apr 03, 2017
Apr 03, 2017
ACLU Rallies for Freedom and Justice for All at State Capitol
400 ACLU Members Gathered for the Organization’s Annual Conference to Lobby Lawmakers on Bail Reform, Immigration, and Religious Freedom Legislation
Mar 27, 2017
Mar 27, 2017
Broad Coalition Supports Effort to Reform California’s Unfair and Costly Money Bail System
Current System Exacerbates Racial and Economic Injustice and Does Not Keep Communities Safe
Mar 27, 2017
Mar 21, 2017
Mar 21, 2017
Bill to Address Secret and Unregulated Use of Jailhouse Informants Passes Out of Committee
Justice Advocates in Support of Bill Highlight the Rights of the Accused and Victims, and that the Integrity of State’s Criminal Justice System Are at Stake
Mar 16, 2017
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