Month: January 2020

Appropriate bail amounts will ensure offenders appear for court

Appropriate bail amounts will ensure offenders appear for court

In a recent Letter to the Editor (Jan 30 2020) in the Indy Star, a resident had this to say about the recent criminal justice reform debate. We couldn’t agree more. (republishing with permission) Rick Snyder, president of the Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police, said during a recent radio interview that Marion County has 21,000…

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Marion County, IN: One Size Fits All? $500 Bail & Ankle Monitor for Domestic Abuse

Marion County, IN: One Size Fits All? $500 Bail & Ankle Monitor for Domestic Abuse

Six weeks after completing a 1-year probation sentence for a gun charge, Roger Bowman, Jr., 29, assaulted and dragged his girlfriend down the hallway by the hair during a domestic violence incident that landed him in jail again. After his initial hearing, a judge set a low $500 bond and ordered home detention…adding to the…

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