GAPB Spring Conference
GAPB’s Spring Conference was held from May 18-20, 2010 at the Westin Hotel in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Kansas House Bill 2528 Signed by Governor
Following our earlier report, HB2528 passed through the House, and the Governor signed the bill into law on May 13, 2010.
Pretrial Service vs. Commercial Bail: The Perfect Test Tube
If a group of competent statisticians wanted to create an ideal testing ground to determine how commercial bail compares to a large pretrial service agency in getting defendants to court…
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…