Cash-Bail Reform (NJ, NY, IL, Harris Co.)
Replacing money bail - results hinge entirely on design.
B · 18/24
1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
End wealth-based detention; use risk, not cash.
2 · The realist counter-case
Critics fear release of dangerous defendants.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
NJ's risk-assessment model showed null gun-violence effect (Drexel/JAMA); NY's no-discretion subgroup saw increases; Harris County misdemeanor reform succeeded.
4 · Liberty check
Expands liberty of the presumed-innocent poor; weighs public-safety risk.
5 · The real tradeoff
Design - not the slogan - decides outcomes.
Allies & Playbook
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