Consumers Don’t Want to Eliminate Cash Bail
Last month a survey was conducted by a media outlet out of Illinois asking consumers if they thought that cash bail should be eliminated. Surprising to some but not to us, consumers voted almost 2 to 1 against the idea of eliminating cash bail for…
30 Angry Activists
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF This past week I attended the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors bail reform committee meeting in downtown Los Angeles. The meeting was designed to provide an update on LA County’s bail reform efforts and allow the public to…
Bail Reform: The Will of the Few
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF I know that it has been a while since my last blog post, but to be honest, I have been struggling with what to write about. This whole bail reform movement has got me so confused and frustrated that…
Senate Bill 10: Garbage by any Other Name Would Smell as Rotten
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF As many of you know by now, Governor Brown and the California Legislature sold out public safety and turned their backs on crime victims last month with the passing and signing of Senate Bill 10 back in August. This…
Bail Reform: California’s Dangerous Game
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF August 20, 2018 will in my memory be forever known as the most dangerous day in America. And the amazing thing about that is that 99.9% of people in this country have no idea why. On this day, in…
Bail Reform Hypocrisy: Your Money Bad…Our Money Good
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF If you have been following the bail reform movement, you know its proponents hate “money bail” more than anything. They call it unfair. They call it ineffective. They call it socially and economically unjust. They call it racist. That…
Charitable Bail Funds: The Latest Dangerous Bail Reform Idea
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF Over the past few months, I have learned an important lesson about the bail reform movement. Its organizers are so focused on eliminating the bail industry that they are willing to do anything…even if it means putting the public…
If You Want To Reform the Criminal Justice System Why Not Ask a Bondsman?
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF It is a Wednesday morning and I just finished reading another report, this time from Los Angeles County, providing bail reform recommendations to the LA County Supervisors. As usual, the report was full of the typical bail reform talking…
Bail Reform Advocates Miss the Point of Justice for ALL
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF I was speaking with a good friend last week on the phone and, as usual, our conversation turned to bail reform. It is sad that happens, but when you are in my line of work, inevitably all conversations seem…
Bail Reform: The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing Close to the Truth
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF Last week I had the pleasure of attending the US District Court Hearing on the Buffin vs. San Francisco case. For those of you who don’t know, this is one of the federal lawsuits filed by the uber social…