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Press Release: Nashville and Davidson County Tennessee Take First Steps to Reform Money Bail

Specifically, the complaint alleges that the Twentieth Judicial District’s practice of requiring defendants to post secured money bail as a pretrial condition of release had a discriminatory effect on African Americans because they are disproportionately detained in jail prior to trial.

chrysse haynesAugust 17, 2018money bail, pretrial bail, bail bonds, bail, tennessee, nashville, policy reform, discrimination, wealth based discrimination