Part 2: Stack v. Boyle: How the Supreme Court Affirmed Financial Accountability in Bail In 1951, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Stack v. Boyle that continues to shape bail law and policy more than seven decades later. While the case is…
Part 1: Taylor v. Taintor: The Landmark Supreme Court Case That Legitimized Surety Bail in America The bail profession has a long history. From biblical times to the modern era, bail has played an essential role in balancing individual liberty with the need to ensure…
Bail Studies: The Six Most Significant Surety Bail Studies Ever Conducted The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth Over the last 30 years, there have been six key pretrial release studies that have not only supported the effectiveness of secured release over…
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…
