Monday, April 15, 2019
From Jurist:
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a class action suit against magistrates, a chief judge and the county sheriff who preside over arraignments in Detroit, alleging that their broken bail system discriminates against the poor who cannot afford to pay the amounts.
With the high rates of poverty impacting Detroit, the ACLU alleges more and more citizens are being unfairly impacted by the bail system who are picked up on minor offenses. The lawsuit claims that there are right to counsel violations because most clients do not have an attorney when bail is set. The class action attempts to narrow who can be jailed while awaiting conviction and speeds up detention hearings, so citizens are not being detained for long periods of time for failing to post bail.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2019/04/aclu-files-class-action-lawsuit-in-michigan-over-broken-bail-system.html
"ACLU files class action lawsuit in Michigan over broken bail system" curated from CrimProf Blog
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