Criminal Justice Archives - Page 17 of 18

The Business of Bail: The City's Bail Agents Sing the Blues

When a judge opts not to release a defendant and sets bail that’s higher than he can pay in cash, a commercial bail bond agent decides, in effect, whether the…

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Overdue Finds: The NYPD's Warrants Section

There are somewhere between 160,000 and 1.5 million open warrants in the five boroughs. They represent the caseload of the NYPD’s Warrants Section.

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ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

Clang for a Buck: The Curious Case of Dollar Bails

It’s rare, but it happens: A person gets arrested on multiple charges, has $1 bail set on one, clears the other counts up, but remains in jail for lack of…

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Ripped from Arraignments: Bail ‘Law & Order' Style

The long-running cops-and-courtrooms drama often brings viewers into the bail hearing.

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ByCurtis Stephen 0Comments

Lengthy Trial: A Brief History of Bail

From the Bible to the Tupac Shakur, history and pop culture are littered with references to the curious process of paying for freedom.

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Economy Government

Stung By Sam: .44-Caliber Bail Reform

The city’s bail system wasn’t the same after one defendant named David Berkowitz came through a Brooklyn courthouse.

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Housing and Homelessness Justice

Chapter 7: Room for Reform? Bail and its Alternatives

Other cities have employed new methods of pre-trial monitoring to avoid setting financial bail. Given the scale of the city’s criminal justice system, would such an approach deliver both public…