To further improve safety and fairness, Michigan must pass crucial pretrial reform bills. But with only a few days remaining on the legislative calendar, time is running out.
Our system promises “Equal Justice Under Law,” but how can justice be equal if the way you’re treated by the courts depends on how much money you have?
People who can’t afford to pay bail will be stranded in jail on charges for minor, nonviolent offenses that wouldn’t require incarceration if they were convicted.