A WRAL News viewer sent in an email asking what it means when a defendant is given a specified bond. Specifically, the viewer asked about Shawn Tobin Locklear Jr., who is accused of shooting two ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 25 that threatens to revoke federal funding from jurisdictions with cashless bail systems, such as Illinois. The order claims that when ...

The New York government could pass its own bill as soon as this spring.Advocates for criminal justice reform say that ending the bail system would help curb mass incarceration. Abolishing bail, ...

President Donald Trump blasted “no cash bail” policies and cities and states that have implemented them during a Monday press conference in Washington. The president announced a sweeping ...

President Donald Trump is targeting cashless bail in a pair of executive orders issued on Monday. One of the orders is aimed at ending the practice of cashless bail nationwide. It directs Attorney ...

Let's say someone gets arrested for various charges and bail is set at $20,000. What exactly does that mean? What do they have to do exactly to get out of jail? I'm just curious because I have ...

Dozens of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies have begun their work patrolling Shelby County as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force, which ...

Bail has become a central talking point in the Travis County district attorney's race as candidates spar over approaches to public safety. District Attorney José Garza was elected on a platform of ...

In Fulton County, bail fund organizers are on the front lines in the fight to prevent the further expansion of pretrial detention in the face of federal and state intervention. The Bail Project, a ...

SANTA ANA, Calif., June 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Bail Bonds Direct, a trusted leader in the Southern California bail bond industry, has released "The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Posting Bail in ...