Sometimes the law catches up with you, and you find yourself facing a pending trial in court. The judge sees no serious reason to keep you in custody, but you must show that you’ll attend your court ...

California voters will consider rolling back a host of criminal justice changes in what amounts to a referendum on whether the progressive state has become too lenient. Proposition 20 would amend ...

The steel-bar secured “dock” in the Department 8 courtroom is seen in Gordon Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Friday, July 29, 2022, in downtown Sacramento. The Trump administration threatens ...

A: Article 1, Section 12, of the California Constitution sets forth that an individual “shall be released on bail by sufficient sureties,” except in certain cases. These include capital crimes, ...

California lawmakers passed a bill eliminating money bail in 2018, but voters overturned the important reform in tumultuous 2020 after a fear-stoking referendum campaign led by the bail bond industry.

Attorneys for 22 cities have filed a petition asking the California Supreme Court to review the Los Angeles County Superior Court’s implementation of a zero-bail policy last year that eliminated cash ...

A San Mateo Superior Court judge set his bail at $75,000, an amount Kowalczyk, homeless and unemployed, could not pay. The charges were that he used someone else’s credit card to buy a $7 cheeseburger ...

Civil rights groups have sued Riverside County, its court system and its sheriff's department. The suit alleges the use of "cash bail" unconstitutionally keeps people in jail solely because they can't ...

A California judge has released a second murder suspect without requiring a cent in bail to be posted, just weeks after freeing another accused killer. The case went cold until 2024, when detectives ...