Two people arrested on the same charge, on the same night, can end up with very different bail. One of the biggest reasons is recorded history. Here's how a first arrest and a repeat charge are treated differently when bail is being set in...
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Once someone is home on bail, the case doesn't move quickly. It can take months to resolve, and in the meantime there's still a job to hold onto, a...
Self-defense is one of the oldest legal concepts in the book, but it rarely works the way people anticipate in the moment. Here's the reality of what...
A new assault arrest is stressful under any circumstances, but for someone on parole it sets two separate processes moving at once — the new criminal...
A phone, a wallet, keys, sometimes a bag or a vehicle — an arrest usually means personal belongings get taken into custody along with the person....
Curfews, check-ins, no-contact orders — every bail condition comes with an unspoken question attached: what actually happens if one gets broken? The...
Most of what we write here walks through how bail actually works. This one is different — it's about who's been answering the phone for the last five...
No-contact orders get most of the attention, but they're rarely the only condition attached to bail. Curfews, regular check-ins, and a handful of...
Nobody plans to be arrested, which is exactly why it's worth knowing the basics ahead of time rather than trying to remember them in the moment. Here...
Arraignment is over, bail is posted, and then a new term shows up on the court calendar: pretrial hearing. It sounds like it should be a big moment,...