The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers endorses abolition of commercial compensated bail

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The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has approved a major bail reform policy. “NACDL endorses the ABA’s recommendation, first approved in 1968, calling for the abolition of commercial compensated surety – bail bondsman”

Essentially the NACDL has decided that Surety Bail Bonds do not have a role in the Pre-Trial release world. Do they understand what Public Safety means?

Read the policy resolution here:

http://www.pretrial.org/Docs/Documents/NACDL%20Pretrial%20Resolution%20(7-2012).pdf