bail

Ohio's chief justice has convened a task force to study the state's bail system for possible changes. They met for the first time Wednesday.The committee,…

It’s noisy and bustling in courtroom 4D. Six days a week, defendants held in the Franklin County Jail are marched in for arraignment.A prosecutor reads…

Judges in Cuyahoga County held another meeting on Monday to talk about reforming the bail system, their first gathering since a withering U.S. Marshals Service report on the county jail. Local judges and other officials have been talking for years about changing the way bail is set, so that fewer defendants await trial from inside a jail cell.

A study commissioned by Franklin County officials finds racial disparities in the bail system and recommends ideas to reduce reliance on cash bond.The…

Judges would assess defendants' likelihood of skipping out on court appearances based on a variety of factors instead of a strict system of cash bail,…

A new report from conservative think tank The Buckeye Institute says bail reform could save Ohio about $67 million in jail costs.The group has joined…

While a new report calls the state's cash bail system "unfair" to poor defendants, both the Ohio Bail Agents Association and the ACLU of Ohio disagree…

A state lawmaker says the way bail is set for people who are arrested can sometimes be a backwards process. He proposes a way to overhaul the system and…

A state panel is recommending changes to Ohio court practices that often keep defendants in jail because they can't afford bail. Chief among the…

As many as a third of defendants in urban areas remain in jail because they could not post bail. An increasing number of states are changing that with risk-based systems of pre-trial detention.