Particularly in view of how long it takes to get to trial.
California Becomes First State To End Cash Bail After 40-Year Fight
The case against cash bail
Bernie Sanders' cash bail bill seeks to end 'modern day debtors' prisons'
Sanders’ No Money Bail Act is a companion to a measure introduced in the House by the California congressman Ted Lieu last year.
The proposal would forbid the “payment of money as a condition of pre-trial release with respect to a criminal case”.
The proposal would strip federal anti-crime funding from states that fail to replace their money bail system with risk-assessment alternatives.
The House bill currently has 33 co-sponsors.
Sanders’ plan was introduced on Wednesday and does not yet have any co-sponsors.
A growing national movement to eliminate cash bail from the criminal justice system has attracted support from a wide range of political power brokers, including Google, Facebook and even the Koch brothers, the billionaire Republican donors whom Sanders routinely bashes on the campaign trail.
The push for pre-trial release has gained traction at the state level.
New Jersey has almost entirely abandoned cash bail while states like Maine and Maryland have taken significant steps to rein in the practice.
In June, the New York state assembly voted to eliminate it in most cases though it faces uncertain prospects in the state senate.
Meanwhile, four states – Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon and Wisconsin – have long forbidden the practice.
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