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 ...

Massive mural in Third Ward that focuses on voting rights by artist Mathieu JN Baptiste was first in a series of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With President Donald Trump vowing to strip federal funds from jurisdictions with cashless bail policies, local prosecutors say they don’t expect this state to be on the list of places under threat ...

TUCSON (KVOA) - Over the past several years, the Digging Deeper team has told you about a number of cases where felons with a violent background were released back out on the streets on ...

I am writing to express my deep disappointment regarding the recent decision by the Santa Monica City Council to join a lawsuit in support of reinstating the cash bail system. In addition to being a ...