The newly launched movement to end money bail in California is a case in point. We have a strong coalition that has come together to form the campaign called The Bail Trap: American Ransom. b) Calling people to remind them about an upcoming court date is as effective in getting them to show up as releasing them on money bail. As the film shows, there are a lot of myths out there about money bail, but the real story is worse than most of us know. It makes sense though that these aftershocks of the money bail system leave people in dire straits and increase the temptation to find other ways to earn money.

Source: Huffington Post December 05, 2016 17:54 UTC