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30 04, 2020

Why Is Bail Constitutionally Protected?

2021-08-30T15:30:33+00:00April 30th, 2020|Bail Bonds, Bail FAQs, Bail Terms, In The News, State Law|

Constitutional protection refers to those basic protections guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. The protection stated in the constitution is part of those protections in the Bill of Rights. The Eighth Amendment This amendment in [...]

12 04, 2020

What Are the Responsibilities of a Co-Signer For a Bail Bonds?

2020-12-23T00:46:18+00:00April 12th, 2020|Bail Bonds, Bail FAQs|

Considering Co-Signing for Bail? Find Out Your Responsibilities As a Co-Signer If the phone rings and it is a loved one telling you that they have been arrested, your first instinct may be to [...]

10 03, 2020

Nevada lawmakers studying pretrial release of jail detainees.

2021-08-30T14:47:27+00:00March 10th, 2020|In The News, Las Vegas City Jail, State Law|

About 90 percent of jail detainees in Nevada are held in just two facilities — the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas and the Washoe County jail in Reno. That’s what a panel [...]

25 02, 2020

What Paul Manafort is Teaching Us About Federal Bail

2021-08-30T15:26:38+00:00February 25th, 2020|Arrest And Trial Info, Bail Bonds|

If you’ve paid attention to the headlines in the past week, you probably know that a federal judge has revoked Paul Manafort’s bail. When a judge revokes bail in the federal court system, the [...]

17 02, 2020

The Failure of Bail Reform State By State

2021-08-30T15:07:20+00:00February 17th, 2020|Bail Bonds, Bail FAQs, Inmate Rights, State Law|

As the bail reform movement moves past its crescendo, this gives us an opportunity to assess how things are going. Initially, the people advocating change claimed that the current bail system in the [...]

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