States are making major progress in reforming our nation’s cash bail system. An estimated half-million Americans are in county jails right now, because they can’t afford to pay bail. Critics call the ...

Dozens of low-level offenders in Harris County, Texas, are being released from jail under a new no-cash bail system after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas upheld a District Court ruling that ...

A federal lawsuit filed in 2016 argued that the county’s misdemeanor bail system effectively jailed people for being poor, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured in Chicago on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Andrew Adams/Capitol News Illinois) President Donald Trump ...

On Sept. 18, Illinois will become the first in the nation to end the use of cash bail as a condition of pretrial release - a move proponents say will keep the poor from unfairly languishing behind ...

People awaiting trial in Illinois will soon no longer need to come up with cash bail. The Illinois Supreme Court upheld this week a 2021 law that eliminated the cash bail system. "Someone's experience ...

The Democrat challenging Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman slammed the US cash bail system in newly resurfaced social media posts – claiming the system inflames “racial inequality.” Seth Koslow, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This mural by Haitian artist Mathieu JN Baptiste on Emancipation in Third Ward was created as part of the ACLU of Texas' artist-in ...

Earlier this week, Donald Trump identified another threat to "Americans' safety and well-being," along the same lines as the threat that prompted him to send military vehicles and armed soldiers onto ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at pushing Illinois to reverse its law that eliminated cash bail. The order calls on the U.S. attorney general to come up with a list of ...