Law Enforcement

California Assembly Votes To End Cash Bail For Criminal Justice Suspects

KVCR | By Ben Bradford

Published August 21, 2018 at 9:55 AM PDT

The California state Assembly has voted to end cash bail. The measure passed by lawmakers yesterday (Monday) would replace bail with a pre-trial detention system that has polarized both lawmakers and the same civbil liberties groups that originally supported the overhaul. Capital Public Radio''a Ben Bradford reports.

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Ben Bradford is a city kid, who came to Charlotte from San Francisco by way of New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Prior to his career in journalism, Ben spent time as an actor, stuntman, viral marketer, and press secretary for a Member of Congress. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in theater and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. As a reporter, his work has been featured on NPR, WNYC, the BBC, and Public Radio International.

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