A new program in New York City uses electronic monitoring rather than jail for pretrial defendants
The effort, which started April 20, was mandated as part of a series of sweeping bail reforms enacted in January that eliminated the use of cash bail for
people charged with nonviolent felonies. The new laws, meant to prevent defendants from being held simply because they can’t afford bail, have encountered...
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