It is time for the Maryland Judiciary to change the current bail culture and embrace adoption of a modern risk assessment tool to evaluate a defendant’s risk of failing to appear in court or ...

HOUSTON — Members of the Harris County Bail Bond Board had to look at the anguished and angry faces of murder victims' families during a meeting Wednesday. They packed the meeting to pressure the ...

Bondsmen licensing began Jan. 1. All bondsmen must register with TDCI by March 1 in order to lawfully operate in Tennessee.

Bexar County Clerk Gerard Rickhoff is dismayed by the failure of a local board to sanction the politically connected owner of a bail bond company for multiple violations. “I would have to go back over ...

The bail bond industry will undergo a big change, with licensed agents set to be required to take an upfront fee of at least 10 percent from defendants charged with violent crimes to ensure their ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Harris County Commissioners voted unanimously to urge the Harris County Bail Bond Board to require violent offenders to pay a minimum of 10% of their bonds to be released from ...

Amid intensifying concern over a surge in homicides, the Harris County Bail Board this month took a step designed to help stop the bloodshed, requiring defendants charged with violent felonies to pay ...