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Michigan’s largest district court and bail reform advocates have agreed to settle a federal class-action lawsuit over cash bail practices.
Detroit's 36th District Court settled a federal lawsuit with bail advocates to limit the use of cash bail practices.
Michigan's largest district court and bail reform advocates agreed Tuesday 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…
Michigan’s largest district court and bail reform advocates have agreed to settle a federal class-action lawsuit about cash bail practices, which activists say routinely and unconstitutionally jail poor and working
Detroit is limiting courts’ use of cash bail, a move meant to lessen racial inequality in the U.S. city with the highest proportion of African Americans. The reforms will not ban bail, but will limit when courts can ask for it, protecting due process for those who cannot afford it.