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People wait days for a first bail hearing because no judge has looked at the case. That is a failure of courts and calendars—and every state the Bail Project praises for fixing it kept financial bail. The Bail Project has published an article describing a genuine problem in the
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The Bail Project's latest client story asks readers to condemn a judge's decision while withholding every fact the judge was required to consider. The Bail Project has published another carefully constructed story intended to convince readers that financial bail is cruel, unnecessary, and responsible for nearly
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On July 10, the Vera Institute of Justice published a piece titled “How to Talk About So-Called Teen Takeovers.” The title is the most honest thing about it. This is not research. It is a messaging guide, written by a senior writer and filed under the organization's
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Can America get better health care at a lower cost — or are we stuck choosing between two broken ideas? By Mike Morrison Ask any working family what happened to their health insurance this year. The premium went up. The deductible went up. And when somebody finally got sick, a company
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Most Americans have heard the words "excessive bail shall not be required," but far fewer have stopped to ask why those words were placed in the Bill of Rights. They were not written to make the criminal justice system more convenient, and they were not written for the
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The Vera Institute's summary of its national survey on earned-time and good-time policies presents itself as research, but the document's own language gives the game away. It is published under Vera's "Ending Mass Incarceration" initiative. Its overview flatly declares the
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Leadership, Psychology, and a Fresh Perspective on America's Future Every so often I come across a book that deserves to be shared, not because I agree with every word the author writes, but because it encourages readers to think more deeply about the issues facing our country. America:
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As Americans gather to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend, we'd love to hear how you're spending it. Are you on call helping your community? Enjoying a backyard cookout with family and friends? Taking a well-earned vacation? Watching fireworks with the kids? Wherever this Independence
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It is a simple matter of survival: you cannot insure a risk that you are not allowed to manage. Bail agents are leaving certain counties because some local practices have transformed the bail bond from a guarantee of a defendant’s appearance in court into a guarantee of the defendant’
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Host Shane Rolf and guest Mike Morrison, President of the Mississippi Bail Agents Association and owner of Mike Morrison Bail Bonding. Mr. Morrison discusses the challenges and inconsistencies bail agents face across different counties and states. He shares how Mississippi is working to modernize education, update outdated statutes and bring
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Why the Fight Over Surety Bail Is Really a Fight Over Accountability During the Professional Bail Agents of the United States (PBUS) Winter Conference, Mike Morrison introduced a term that captures a growing national trend affecting the bail profession: the “Anti-Surety Movement.” That moment was important because it gave
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Updated and expanded — July 2026 A look at the compensation, funding, and organizational ties behind the movement to abolish professional bail — and what its own IRS filings, corporate marketing, and contract records show. A cottage industry has grown up around the idea that professional bail is cruel, unnecessary, and worth