“And their whole life is turned upside down even though they’re not a public threat.”Hertzberg and Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) are sponsoring legislation to reform California’s archaic bail system. “We have a profit-based bail system where a whole industry makes money off of posting bail. “Only two countries in the world allow a for-profit bail system: us and the Philippines. We might want to tinker around the edges,” says Harmeet Dhillon, an attorney for the California Bail Agents Assn. Caption Kamala Harris sworn in Kamala Harris sworn in Kamala Harris sworn ingeorge.skelton@latimes.comFollow @LATimesSkelton on TwitterALSOCalifornia lawmakers want to reform a bail system they say 'punishes the poor for being poor'Obama administration challenges the money bail system: Can people be kept in jail just because they are poor?

Source: Los Angeles Times January 16, 2017 08:07 UTC