Clyde Meikle is a “poster boy candidate” for release from prison. If he can’t get a sentence modification, who can?
Connecticut Sentencing Commission
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Best of 2020: ‘Why are we suffering if he’s innocent until proven guilty?’ Cash bail in the COVID era
Samaris Smith’s husband has been locked up since December 2019. He still hasn’t been convicted of a crime.
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‘Why are we suffering if he’s innocent until proven guilty?’ Cash bail in the COVID era
Samaris Smith’s husband has been locked up since December 2019. He still hasn’t been convicted of a crime.
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COVID, cash bail and ‘drive-by therapy’: a deadly combination
The recent suicide of Daniel Ocasio highlights overlapping problems in the criminal justice system during COVID: mental health and bail.
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Dulos, money bail and an ongoing conversation about bond reform
The day Fotis Dulos originally posted a $6 million bail, 438 people were locked up pretrial on bonds of less than $20,000.
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State considering alternatives to ‘unjust’ cash bail system
The effort comes at the request of Senate President Martin Looney, who said the current system perpetuates inequities based on wealth.
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Sex offender registry: More harm than good?
Public sex offender registries, created In the 1990s in response to a number of horrific crimes against children, are getting a second look as critics across the country demand changes, saying the registries are based on false assumptions, are a waste of money and do more harm than good.
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Judiciary Committee approves compromise bail reforms
The revised bill is a step toward limiting the number of defendants who are jailed awaiting trial because of their inability to afford a relatively modest bail or the services of a bail agent, but falls short of the governor’s goal of eliminating the need for a for-profit bail industry in Connecticut.