After her bail hearing Friday, she posted a $160,000 bond to secure her release. The Broward County jail tells us she was released Sunday around 5:54 PM. Of course, her son would also get...
How does bail work when you are in jail? Keep reading for everything you need to know about posting bail or a bail bond.
Two-thirds of the inmates in U.S. jails are petty, nonviolent offenders who are there for only one reason: They can't afford their bail. Sometimes, it's as little as $50. Some will wait behind bars...
A new charity initiative called Bail Bloc may have just found the only good use for cryptocurrencies to date: bailing people out of jail who can’t afford it. Software that uses your computer power to “mine” (in other words, create) digital coins for profit have become a bit of a bogeyman online. But Bail Bloc—a collaboration between online publication The New Inquiry and the non-profit Bronx Freedom Fund—harnesses similar technology for more noble ends. Bail—a court-determined fee to...
Find out if the person was detained. After arrest, a person will be released or jailed. If they're jailed, then they will need to be arraigned before a judge. The date of arraignment depends on the date of arrest: if it's a weekday, then arraignment could happen as soon as the next day or two. If the person was arrested on the weekend, they will have to wait until the following Monday. Figure out where the person is detained. Large, metropolitan police departments may have different holding loca...
An illegal alien, twice detained by ICE who was bailed out by two NFL players, is now wanted by murder in the sanctuary state of California.
The teenage gunman charged with killing two Black Lives Matter protesters in Wisconsin this summer walked out of jail Friday afternoon after posting $2 million bond. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was relea...
Although the process is different in every jurisdiction, the basics of how to bail someone out of jail are generally similar in most states.
Dustin Diamond has finally been released from jail ... after he spent the weekend behind bars for allegedly stabbing someone. Screech posted bail Monday afternoon before appearing in court...
Dozens of people in the Detroit area have been bailed out of jail during the coronavirus pandemic by nonprofits pushing to dismantle the cash bail system.