Cash bail is punishment for people who can’t afford it Your recent editorial on a key provision of the SAFE-T Act (“State making an attempt at fairness for pretrial detainees,” Jan. 16) was spot on. As you note, the issue of cash bail is an issue of equity. I would only add that lack of […]
Make personal commitment on behalf of civil rights We’ve just commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. and his work in the Civil Rights Movement. His goal was to emancipate blacks from harmful and degrading discrimination fostered by law and condoned policy. The results of his effort can be seen, but the underpinning of his passion and […]
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