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Is Maryland's cash bail reform working?

By Sheilah Kast,
Melissa Gerr
Published December 11, 2024 at 10:08 AM EST
Baltimore Central Booking and Intake_Center. Photo: Eli Pousson, Baltimore Heritage, Wikimedia
Baltimore Central Booking and Intake_Center. Photo: Eli Pousson, Baltimore Heritage, Wikimedia

Seven years ago, the Maryland judiciary changed the rules about bail, so people charged with a crime would not be held behind bars just because they can’t afford cash for bail. How is that working? We ask Baltimore Beat legal reporter Madeleine O’Neill what she's discovered.

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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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