One thing that you will not hear public sector pretrial advocates discuss is what the public thinks of bail reform. Because no matter how much they believe that there is a need to abolish commercial bail and reform the so called “injustice” of requiring criminal…
As the bail reform advocacy group, Equal Justice Under Law, continues to move across the country searching for ways to challenge the constitutionality of bail schedules with the ultimate goal of eliminating monetary bail, they may have hit a substantial roadblock. According to a press…
AIA Insight – June 2016 Over the past few weeks, the AIA team has been extremely busy talking with bail agents across the country. AIA’s Vice President of Corporate Communications, Eric Granof, has been at both the South Carolina Bail Agents Association and the Oklahoma…
Last week the American Bail Coalition posted a statement on the latest lawsuit filed by the pretrial activist group Equal Justice Under Law. This time the group filed the lawsuit in California’s state capital, Sacramento. Unlike the previous lawsuit filed in San Francisco, this lawsuit names…
Below is a statement from Jeff Clayton, Policy Director for the American Bail Coalition, on the latest results of the US District Court hearing on Buffin v. San Francisco. January 26, 2016 Statement on Motions Hearing, Buffin Today, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the United…
AMERICAN BAIL COALITION TAKES AN ACTIVE ROLE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND BEYOND DEFENDING THE AMERICAN BAIL SYSTEM & SURETY BAIL AGAINST BASELESS ATTACKS Recently, the Associated Press (AP) released a news piece regarding a lawsuit filed several weeks ago in federal court against the State…
AIA’s Vice President of Corporate Communications, Eric Granof, spent the earlier part of this week at the PBUS conference…
The entire team at AIA would like to extend their heartfelt congratulations to Gayle Brandon-Behrend. Gayle was…
The entire team at AIA is deeply saddened to report the passing of longtime friend and agent Martin Rochelle (1936-2014)…
We have all heard the excuses and the witnessed the finger pointing. We have all heard the chants of those that support public…
