Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig is promoting his controversial “zero bail” study, which has been criticized by reform advocates, as part of President Trump’s push to eliminate cashless bail nationwide.
Democratic mayors from Cleveland, Chicago, Baltimore, and Newark defended their cities’ efforts to reduce violent crime, citing data-driven, community-focused strategies that have resulted in significant declines in violence and homicides.
The Trump administration has terminated all Department of Justice funding for the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit organization working on public safety, incarceration reform, and community-based alternatives to policing, after threatening them with an investigation by the Department of Government Efficiency.
By Avery Redula and Kaveh Nasseri CHICAGO, IL – Illinois became the first state to eliminate the…