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Episode 90: The (Non-Existent) Connection Between Bail Reform and Crime
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Episode 90
Over the past several years, bail reform laws—changes to the criminal legal system to reduce unnecessary pretrial detention, especially for non-violent offenses—were implemented in jurisdictions throughout the country, and many advocates for criminal justice reform welcomed these changes as long overdue. There ensued a backlash, howerver, in which conservatives blamed recent increases in crime on bail reform and claimed it led to a rash of opportunistic recidivism by folks who should have been behind bars pending trial. But did bail reform really cause an uptick in crime? Mark and Joe separate the facts from the hyperventilation. (Recorded May 25, 2024.)