Detroit cash bail reforms to strike at racial inequality
Detroit cash bail reforms to strike at racial inequality
(AP) — Michigan’s largest district court and bail reform advocates have agreed to settle a federal class-action lawsuit over cash bail practices, which activists say routinely and unconstitutionally jail poor and working class defendants despite evidence of their inability to pay.
Both sides say the reforms announced Tuesday strike at racial inequality in the criminal legal system. On any given…
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