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Momentum Builds For Ending Cash Bail System That Punishes The Poor




Momentum Builds For Ending Cash Bail System That Punishes The Poor Late last month, 17-year-old Bronx teenager Pedro Hernandez was released from Rikers Island after a year awaiting trial for his involvement in an alleged shooting that multiple witnesses say he had nothing to do with. Hernandez, an honors student who earned a full college scholarship behind bars, was not able to make his $255,000 bail. Instead, after a judge reduced the bail to $105,000, the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization paid it off. [ more › ]

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Published at: 2017-08-10T10:40:00-05:00

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