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Out of the jail without having to bail jail. antoine stewart, arrestd for stealing beer, was able to walk to his job at a bakery every day instead of sitting in jail. >> it saved my life. >> reporter: cnn talked to more than a dozen officials in the iowa justice systems, corrections officials, judges, public defenders who supported the program, but here is where iowa's story takes a dark twist. because in the middle of last year's state budget process and out of the blue, this line was inserted into an appropriations bill which stopped iowa's bail reform in its track. the public safety assessm...

Bond. they were losing business. >> reporter: that's it? >> market share. >> leaderman bail bonds, a huge company in iowa with 150 agents across the midwest and a drive-thru service just outside the gates of iowa's polk county jail. it's run by the leaderman brothers. this is jacob told us to talk to josh. cnn did in digging and it turns out the leddermans decided money would do their talking. they've paid a lobbying firm more than $64,000, and donated more than $36,000 to republican campaigns in 2018, more money donated in one year than he's spent in the past 15 years combined. josh lederman ...