Guest AuthorDecember 11, 2019
10min377
Victims should and will get their day in court. The only difference is the mechanism of the defendant’s release.
Tag: bail reform
Guest AuthorDecember 11, 2019
Drew WilsonJuly 30, 2018
12min374
Fort Myers police officer Adam Jobbers-Miller died Saturday, one week after Wisner Desmaret allegedly shot him while Jobbers-Miller was answering a call at Marathon gas station. The shooting, now killing, has turned into a flashpoint that cuts across many political issues, namely immigration, mental health and pretrial release. Desmaret, 29, is a Haitian immigrant who […]
Drew WilsonJuly 9, 2018
12min539
The Alachua County Commission may green-light a new program aimed at helping suspects accused of low-level crimes get out of jail while they await trial, but according to a report from the county’s Court Services office, it may not help many people. The “Community Bail Bond Program” would apply to people whose bail is set […]
Scott PowersMay 31, 2018
7min420
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham is rolling out her criminal justice reform platform to include reduced sentencing for non-violent offenders, decriminalization of minor marijuana possession, tighter rules for charging juveniles as adults, and a new level of review for death penalty prosecutions. In a news release issued by her campaign Thursday, Graham contended that Florida […]
Ana CeballosFebruary 26, 2018
6min997
The Florida Legislature is considering sweeping criminal justice reform measures that have come under fire by the bail bond industry, but the sponsor of one of the bills said Sunday that he is “not in the business of making bail bondsmen money.” “They are in the business of writing bonds, and their business will go […]