Georgia considers requiring cash bail for a wider array of crimes
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Georgia senators voted in favor of a bill that would require cash bail for 30 more crimes than before. Cash bail has become a divisive topic recently, typically along party lines.
The measure also seeks to limit charitable bail funds or even individuals from bailing multiple people out of jail, reserving that ability only to those who meet legal requirements to be bail bond companies.
The move could strand poor defendants in jail when accused of crimes for which they’re unlikely to ever go to prison. It could also aggravate overcrowding in Georgia's county lockups. It erodes changes that passed nearly unanimously in 2018 under Republican Gov. Nathan Deal that allowed judges to release most people accused of misdemeanors without bail.
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