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…
Why Bail Reform is the Worst Thing Ever for Public Safety
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF As someone who has been deeply immersed into the bail reform debate for several years, I cannot tell you how much it irks me to hear bail reform advocates talk about “public safety.” Especially since the truth about bail…
No Place For Victims in Criminal Justice Reform
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF For the past several months I have been lucky enough to do some work with a woman who is a true advocate for justice. She spends countless hours trying to defend those people who can’t defend themselves. She gives…
Defending Bail: A Quest for Truth
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF Over the past several weeks, I have been on an important quest across the country. Okay, it’s not really a quest, but it sounds a whole lot better than simply saying I have been travelling around a lot. From…
Bail Reform: Why Don’t They Listen?
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF Embed from Getty Images If you have been paying attention to what is going on with the Bail Reform movement across the country, then you for sure you heard what is going on in Harris County, Texas. A couple…
Bail Reform: It’s Time to Face the Truth
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF Earlier this month, a California Public Safety Committee in the Assembly voted out Senate Bill 10. This bill would all but eliminate the private sector commercial bail industry and in its place put a large taxpayer funded government bureaucracy…