A WRAL News viewer sent in an email asking what it means when a defendant is given a specified bond. Specifically, the viewer asked about Shawn Tobin Locklear Jr., who is accused of shooting two ...

The New York government could pass its own bill as soon as this spring.Advocates for criminal justice reform say that ending the bail system would help curb mass incarceration. Abolishing bail, ...

Let's say someone gets arrested for various charges and bail is set at $20,000. What exactly does that mean? What do they have to do exactly to get out of jail? I'm just curious because I have ...

President Donald Trump is targeting cashless bail in a pair of executive orders issued on Monday. One of the orders is aimed at ending the practice of cashless bail nationwide. It directs Attorney ...

NEW YORK — In 2017, around 33,000 criminal defendants in New York couldn’t post bail at their initial hearing. They went straight from a courthouse to jail simply because they were poor. The New York ...

After someone is arrested in Texas, a judge sets bail, an agreement meant to ensure they show up to court and follow the rules of their release. But how does it work?