U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE IN SACRAMENTO RULES SQUARELY AGAINST THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S EQUAL PROTECT
U.S. District Court Judge L. Troy Nunley ruled against the U.S. Justice Department’s equal protection bail theory that was first advanced by the Eric Holder and the U.S. Justice Department in Clanton, Alabama some twenty-two months ago. A group of plaintiffs lawyers have filed as many as fifteen cases around the country, alleging that the American bail system is a “wealth-based detention scheme” employing the use of fixed schedules based on the criminal charge that violates the equal protection clause. That talking-point has also been driving policy conversations regarding bail... [Read more here]
