Utah DOI Twitter Updates
The Utah Department of Insurance (DOI) has begun updating their rules and regulations via their Twitter page, http://twitter.com/uidrules.
Pretrial Release Service Agencies Fail in Comparison to Bail Bond Releases
PRESS RELEASE – Calabasas, CA (PRWEB) May 05, 2010 — AIA Highlights the Houston Pretrial Service Agency Data Showing how Surety Bail Bonds Outperform Taxpayer Funded Pretrial Release.
Invest in Your Future: AIA’s National Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada
As the first ever AIA National Conference approaches, the question on everyone’s mind is, “What will I learn if I attend?”
Philadelphia Series, Part 4 of 4: Defense Lawyers Exploit the Court System
“We have a system that is on the brink of overall collapse,” says Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus P. McCaffery, a former Philadelphia judge.(1) Among large urban counties, Philadelphia has the nation’s lowest felony-conviction rate.
ALEC Mailing to Legislators Across the Nation Concludes
Over the course of the past few months, AIA has sent a mailing to legislators in all states that have pretrial release agencies. The mailing included a letter from ALEC and a copy of AIA’s “Taxpayer Funded Pretrial Release: A Failed System” booklet.
Kansas House Bill 2528 Passed
House Bill 2528 was introduced in the Kansas House of Representatives in January 2010. On April 28, 2010, it passed all necessary committees with a vote of 112-10-3 and is now being sent to the Governor to sign into law.
Philadelphia Series, Part 3 of 4: Witness Intimidation Causes Cases to Collapse
In Part 3 of our ongoing series on Philadelphia’s 10% Deposit Bail System, we look at witness intimidation. Prosecutors, detectives and lawyers have said that witness fear has become a factor…
Mike Donovan at the MPBAA Meeting
The Michigan Professional Bail Agents Association met in Ann Arbor, Michigan on April 20, 2010, with the goal of brainstorming ideas to help preserve the commercial bail industry…
PBT Spring Meeting in Houston
The PBT second quarter meeting was held April 15-16, 2010 in Houston, Texas. The two day event kicked off…
Philadelphia Series, Part 2 of 4: Criminals Defy Broken 10% Deposit Bail System
In Part 2 of our series on Philadelphia, we take a look at how criminals are defying the broken 10% bail system.