Jerry Brown signs bill eliminating money bail in California

[demsocialist]

Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed sweeping legislation to eliminate cash bail in California. The change, which will take effect in October 2019, goes further than any other state in the country to remove money from pretrial detention.

“Today, California reforms its bail system so that rich and poor alike are treated fairly,” Brown said in a statement.

Under Senate Bill 10, California will replace bail with “risk assessments” of individuals and nonmonetary conditions of release. Counties will establish local agencies to evaluate any individual arrested on felony charges for their likelihood of returning for court hearings and their chances of re-arrest.

https://www.modbee.com/news/state/article217461380.html

[rurallib]

1. Philosophically I sure agree with him

This will surely be well worth monitoring

[Dawson Leery]

2. David Duke the Bounty Hunter and his scumbag Wife will not like this!

[mountain grammy]

3. Ha, fuck that guy...

[Dawson Leery]

5. They have been going around begging the states not to do this.

It's grand to know those two parasitical fascists are wasting their time!

[TomSlick]

4. It will be interesting to see how the risk assessments work.

This could be a great development. As per normal, the devil will be in the details.