A New Legal Battle Over Cash Bail

Route Fifty: Criminal defendants are languishing in Philadelphia jails as court officials fail to abide by rules and state constitutional mandates that should guide the use of cash bail, the American Civil Liberties Union alleges in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania state Supreme Court.

The ACLU of Pennsylvania observed more than 2,000 bail hearings in recent months and says court officials were regularly flouting rules meant to keep people charged with—but not convicted of—crimes from remaining locked up before trial because they cannot afford bail.

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