Pretrial services prevail in fight with bail bondsmen

By Alan Cooper
Published: March 9, 2010

The pitched battle between bail bondsmen and advocates of pretrial services ended last week with the advocates taking the field. Last Monday, the Senate Courts of Justice Committee voted to pass by for the week House Bill 728, which would have barred magistrates and judges from placing defendants under supervision by pretrial services when their income ...

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