Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those who find themselves at the mercy of New Jersey's courts may learn for the first time that they will not have a monetary bail ...

New Jersey was hailed as a model for criminal justice reform nationally when state lawmakers eliminated cash bail more than a decade ago. Supporters of the move cheered that poor defendants would no ...

Look inside any jail in the country and chances are most of the people there are waiting for trial. Often because it's they can't afford to make bail. Well, now one state has replaced cash bail with a ...

Jacquelyn Jahn, PhD, an assistant professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in an Oct. 27 Daily Journal (Vineland, New Jersey) story about the effects of New Jersey’s bail reform ...

Tariq Gathers appears in court Jersey City on weapons offenses on Aug. 24, 2015. Bail was set at $100,000 cash or bond Monday for an 18-year-old Jersey City man who shot himself in the leg -- his ...

On Jan. 1, 2017, a new bail system will be in effect in New Jersey. The new system will shift from a monetary-bail based system to a risk-of-danger based system for the consideration of release from ...