Republican lawmakers across the country are pushing to increase the use of cash bail and pretrial detention
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GOP lawmakers in other states also are scrambling to make it harder for defendants to get out of jail before trial after branding themselves asin the 2022 midterm elections. Their efforts have led to a fierce fight with Democrats over public safety and the rights of criminal defendants. “Cash bail is not a benefit to defendants or to public safety,” said Shima Baradaran Baughman, a law professor at the University of Utah who studies bail.
Georgia Sen. Randy Robertson, a longtime sheriff’s deputy and former state president of the Fraternal Order of Police, said he is “extremely confident” that most arrestees are guilty.that would add 53 offenses to a current list of just seven charges that always require cash or property bail. The new offenses include passing a bad check, which can be a misdemeanor or a felony, and such misdemeanors as reckless driving or fighting in public.
“All money bail does is privilege the amount of money someone has in their pocket, not public safety," Rahman said.
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