Eight Investigates: are Maine judges taking a lenient approach to setting bail?
"It's a safer place for everybody if he's in jail where he belongs."
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"It's a safer place for everybody if he's in jail where he belongs."
In 2021, state lawmakers banned cash bail for most non-violent Class E misdemeanors, such as criminal trespassing and public drinking.
After being acquitted of manslaughter, Curtis Fogg will serve a prison sentence for reckless conduct after the crash that killed a grandmother.
Although a jury found him not guilty of manslaughter, the defendant was convicted of two felonies and a misdemeanor.
Curtis Fogg has been acquitted of manslaughter in the Carol Ivers case.