A bail bond is defined as “a bond provided by an insurance company through a bail bondsman acting as agent for the company, to secure the release from jail of an accused defendant pending trial.” While a majority of defendants are given the option to pay bail so that Continue Reading
Texas Cops Take Sexual Assault Investigations to the Next Level
Over the past year, Texas detectives in the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office and sexual assault task force partners have cast a wide net, arresting over 13 suspects caught engaging in the online solicitation or exploitation of a minor. The bait: social media Continue Reading
Overcrowded Prisons: An American Epidemic
Mass incarceration in the United States is reaching epidemic proportions. According to a Harvard Gazette article, a quarter of the world’s prisoners are held in American prisons, even though this nation contains just 5 percent of the world’s population. “The statistics Continue Reading
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