Human Rights Watch Comments on California Judicial Council Bail Reform Rules

Sent via e-mail and regular mail Judicial Council of California Criminal Law Advisory Committee 455 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102-3688 Attn.: Eve Hershcopf Eve.Hershcopf@jud.ca.gov Kara Partow Kara.Partow@jud.ca.gov RE: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH’S COMMENTS ON PROPOSED CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL COUNCIL RULES 4.10 AND 4.40 In April 2017, Human Rights Watch published “Not in it for Justice: How California’s Pretrial Detention and Bail System Unfairly Punishes Poor People,”[1] a comprehensive report on the impact of pretrial detention. We have been deeply involved in advocacy for comprehensive…

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