The highest court in Maryland has overhauled the state’s cash-bail policy and directed judges not to set bail higher than what a defendant can afford, essentially abolishing a system in which poor people could languish behind bars before trial because they could not pay bond.
   
 
Local News Alert Tue., Feb. 07, 2017 4:43 p.m.
 
 
Md.'s highest court overhauls state's bail system
The highest court in Maryland has overhauled the state’s cash-bail policy and directed judges not to set bail higher than what a defendant can afford, essentially abolishing a system in which poor people could languish behind bars before trial because they could not pay bond.
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