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The most recent push for bail reform started around 2016. Justice system officials have made changes to reduce the use of cash bail but have not eliminated it. 

She is being recognized for her philanthropic work and commitment to social justice.

Lizzo will be awarded with the Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award for her efforts in the community and with other organizations.

Lizzo and Epic Records CEO Sylvia Rhone will be honored at the 2023 Black Music Action Coalition Gala alongside Keke Palmer and Jermaine Dupri.

7th Circuit splits on ‘inherently expressive conduct’ in case over bail- Attacking a new Indiana statute that prohibits it from bailing out indigent defendants as part of a campaign “to show that conditioning a pretrial defendant’s release upon the payment of money is not necessary to secure appearances at future court...

Lizzo has been announced as the recipient of the Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award by the BMAC.

Lizzo and music executive Sylvia Rhone will be honored at the Black Music Action Coalition’s 2023 BMAC Gala, on Sept. 21 at The Beverly Hilton.

More than 90% of the Bail Project's clients return for their court dates, 'laying waste to the idea that cash bail is necessary to ensure someone returns to court.'

A Kentucky-based pharmaceutical company made the donation after a man saved someone from overdosing last month at a West Side gas station.

THORNTOWN, Ind. — On Oct. 1, 2021, Nikki Sterling heard the worst news of her life.