ACLU…Where are You?
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF Typically, when I write bail reform related blogs, I like to focus on the victim side of the issue. Not just because it is the right thing to do, but it just seems that no one is concerned about…
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…
Bail Reform: Texas on My Mind
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF Earlier this week I received an interesting email from a colleague. The email contained a link to a brand new March 2017 study out of Texas A&M University’s Public Policy Institute. As with most documents over 100 pages, I…
Bail Reform Contradictions: Money Good…Money Bad
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH BRIAN NAIRIN: Just when I thought that nothing could shock me anymore and that I had heard every ridiculous and ineffective public sector idea as it pertains to criminal justice reform, I was once again proven wrong. Somehow, those that support…
The One Thing Missing From the Bail Reform Debate: The Truth
Behind the Paper with Brian Nairin Last week, I watched a judicial hearing in Connecticut. It was in regards to proposed legislation that will mandate the use of 10% deposit bail in the state. As I watched the various testimonies from those who were showing…