Problem with Bail – w/ Justice Reform Hero, Robin Steinberg

Many Americans who are charged with a crime cannot afford the bail money required as a condition of release and, as a result, await their trial in jail for months or even years. According to critics, this cash bail system has created a two-tiered criminal justice system, one for the rich and one for the poor. With nearly two-thirds of the incarcerated population in the US made up of pretrial detainees, is it time to reevaluate the practice? As part of our "Lawyers for the Greater Good" series, Robin Steinberg of The Bail Project discusses the high cost of cash bail to individuals and communities and explores alternatives for reform with TalksOnLaw's Joel Cohen. Robin Steinberg is the CEO of The Bail Project, a national organization modeled after The Bronx Freedom Fund, which she co-founded with David Feige in 2007. She is the founder and former executive director of The Bronx Defenders, a community-based public defense office serving low-income New Yorkers in the Bronx since 1997, and the director of Still She Rises, Tulsa, the first public defender office in the nation dedicated exclusively to the representation of mothers in the criminal justice system. ► http://www.talksonlaw.com for more legal explainers and interviews with the titans of law. ► Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/talksonlaw ► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/talksonlaw ► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/talksonlaw ____________________