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St. Louis attorneys and activists say judges are often denying defendants bond entirely after the Missouri Supreme Court in 2019 made it harder for courts to detain people on cash bail pretrial. “It’s a classic case of the system recalibrating and in some ways achieving many of the same results,” said Blake Strode, executive director of civil rights law firm ArchCity Defenders.

After the bail set for Darrell Brooks, the suspect in the Waukesha Christmas parade tragedy, was deemed inappropriately low, the I-Team asked multiple players in the state’s court system if the bail laws in the state need to change, and if so, how.

Democrats are struggling to pass cherished legis...

Since the summer of 2020, mainstream Democrats in Congress have pushed to end cash bail and pretrial detention.

The Bail Project, a national nonprofit that helps people pay for bail and connects them to resources, is investing $2.9 million in a two-year pilot project with the Lawndale Christian Legal Center

With the state’s cash bail system set to end in 2023, the Lawndale Christian Legal Center has partnered with The Bail Project to offer social services to help keep people out of the justice system.

"This is a crisis. It must be addressed today, we cannot have any more loss of life at that facility."

BENTONVILLE -- The Northwest Arkansas Community College Foundation has added two members to its board of directors.

BENTONVILLE -- The Northwest Arkansas Community College Foundation has added two members to its board of directors.

The Northwest Arkansas Community College Foundation announced Thursday it has added two members to its Board of Directors.