The Next Test for Bail Reform: Prosecutors
“A growing number of cities and states have taken significant steps to alter their cash bail systems. But Krasner and, a month earlier, the Manhattan district attorney, appear to be the first DAs in major cities to attempt reform through the prosecutor’s office (in Massachusetts, the Middlesex District Attorney announced a similar policy earlier this year). Krasner took this step with the very direct support of his constituents: Three weeks earlier, Philadelphia’s City Council passed a resolution calling on Krasner and city officials to end money bail.”