The First Judicial District is going to stop accepting filing fees for motions to vacate or reduce bail forfeitures as part of an effort to collect from more than 150,000 defendants who failed to make ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A circuit judge erred when she ordered the forfeiture of bail bonds posted for two criminal defendants in Lincoln County, according to the South Dakota Supreme Court. In a ...

While attacking state bail policies, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called the current system “fundamentally broken.” He said judges should be required to consider the danger posed by releasing a ...