One of our Meeting’s regulars, Colleen Kristich, wrote a powerful editorial published in the Buffalo News on February 3, 2020 on the real impacts of Bail Reform.

From the article:

Recent bail reform prevents a defendant’s wealth from being the deciding factor in whether they are detained pretrial. It ensures that the justice system works fairly: to try cases based on facts instead of forcing poor defendants into plea deals in order to be released from jail. New York has righted the wrong of excessive bail to ensure that rich and poor defendants alike have equal protections under the law.