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SEARCH<strong>“</strong>Cashless bail policies allow dangerous individuals to immediately return to the streets and further endanger law-abiding, hard-working Americans because they know our laws will not be enforced,” the administration said.
President Trump has signed an executive order that would reduce federal funding in jurisdictions that have cashless bail policies.
“Cashless bail policies allow dangerous individuals to immediately return to the streets and further endanger law-abiding, hard-working Americans because they know our laws will not be enforced,” the administration said in a White House press release.
The White House provided these case studies arguing against cashless bail policies.
A 2023 study out of Yolo County, California, found that its “Zero Bail” policy resulted in 163% more crime and 200% more violent crime compared to those who posted bail.
Last year, a suspected Tren de Aragua gang member, freed without bail after an attempted murder in New York, was rearrested for drug trafficking in Miami and released again, before finally being arrested and held for alleged sex-trafficking of a minor.
A repeat offender, arrested six times in a year, was released without bail after his most recent arrest. At the time, he had 47 priors and 28 convictions for preying on New Yorkers.
Earlier this year, a homicide suspect in Rockford, Illinois was able to walk free under its new no-cash-bail system, endangering the community.
Just this month, a pair of convicted killers caught dealing drugs in broad daylight were released without bail in New York City.
Our brave law enforcement officers risk their lives to arrest dangerous criminals, only to be forced to arrest the same individuals, sometimes for the same crimes, while they await trial on the previous charges – a waste of public resources and obvious threat to public safety.
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