POV – The Cash Bail System Needs to be Changed

Walker Watson explains why California shouldn’t give up on reforming the cash bail system

Walker Watson

Walker Watson

 

The 2020 election saw Prop 25 make its way onto the California ballot. This Proposition, which would have upheld a law passed in 2018 eliminating the cash bail system in California, was flawed in a number of ways and consequently failed to pass. But that doesn’t mean that cash bail should be here to stay.