"History is full of examples where good intentions paved the way to disastrous outcomes. Today, we are witnessing another such moment -- a social experiment in criminal justice reform that has unleashed unforeseen consequences on our urban communities.

This experiment was built on two flawed premises. The first was that bail is unnecessary and people would voluntarily appear in court without financial incentives. The second was that “soft-on-crime” policies would not lead to increased criminal activity. Both assumptions have proven catastrophically wrong, but the damage has already been done.

A group of individuals advocating bail reform -- and criminal justice reform in general -- established a network of groups to push a series of initiatives. It was funded by a small number of extremely deep-pocketed foundations and wealthy billionaires. Among them, the Open Society Foundation and its prominent backer, George Soros, played outsized roles in driving the agenda. They set up a network of groups that may be broken into four categories."

On this episode of The Bail Post we discuss a recent lead article in the PBT Newsletter entitled "The Untold Story- Selling Out Public Safety One District Attorney at A Time" and our guest is the author Eric Granof.

On this episode of The Bail Post we discuss an important case involving a recovery agent who was licensed in Louisiana. A defendant who was charged with a misdemeanor failed to appear for court and then went to the state of Missouri where she was staying at the time she was filed. The recovery agent and his partner traveled to Missouri, took the defendant into their custody and began traveling back to Louisiana. The defendant was eventually dropped off at a sheriff's office in Mississippi. The two recovery agents were charged with federal kidnapping charges because they crossed state lines. One of the recovery agents plead guilty and was given probation. The other went to trial and was convicted and given a sentence of 10 years.

The case was appealed because of the jury instructions given by the trial court.

Join us to find out why the court of appeals reversed the case and what the future holds for the recovery agent.

The district clerk wears many hats. As we have seen the expansion of the digital formats and e-filing, the hats that the district clerk has to wear has only expanded. As many counties have overseen the conversion of old software systems to new over the last couple of years, some have experienced more problems that others. Our guest on this episode of The Bail Post is the District Clerk of McLennan County. Mr. Gimble has overseen software conversion, has been appointed to state committees and commissions and is in the forefront of planning for the future (think central statewide database). Join us and all the many things that you never even knew the district clerk took care of in your county.

On this episode of The Bail Post we meet the new President of PBUS David Stuckman as we discuss multiple issues. One of the issues that we highlight is the recent data breach of Capitar's cloud based bail software and the responses by bail agents. We also discuss bail in the state of Kansas and we find out that there are both property bondsmen and corporate bondsmen. We also discuss the laws in Kansas for returning the defendant to custody. We also discuss the Professional Bondsmen of the United States, how it functions and it upcoming meeting.

Our guest on this episode of The Bail Post is the sitting district attorney for Harris County- Kim Ogg. D.A. Ogg was first elected to become district attorney in 2016 with the support of a Soros political group. She was re-elected in 2020 without the support of a Soros political group.

D.A. Ogg was present for all the inside political discussions for criminal justice reform/bail reform in Harris County. D.A. Ogg initially supported the reforms, but once she concluded that the proposed reforms went too far, she opposed them.

On this episode of The Bail Post D.A. Ogg tells all. Join us and see if you come to the same conclusion that we did- Wow!

This is the second of two episodes regarding Charitable Bail Funds. The first part was episode number 5 of The Bail Post. On this episode on The Bail Post we highlight what states have done since Texas enacted a bill requiring transparency for Charitable Bail Funds. The state of Indiana limited these funds so that they could not post a bond over a certain size. Also, recently, the state of Georgia passed a bill limiting these funds from posting no more than 3 bonds in a given period of time whether that be six months or a year. Why are states placing restrictions on these funds? Probably because the legislatures are listening to the states from the representatives of some of these funds which state that they want to create chaos in the Criminal Justice System. Therefore, legislatures are taking them at their word and placing restrictions on them to prevent chaos.

Retired Chief Patrick Jordan worked for the L.A. County Sheriff's office for over 30 years. He has intimate knowledge regarding the California Criminal Justice System the reforms that have been pushed for years. He talks about the litigation that began attacking the State's failure to provide proper mental health care and medical care which lead to a three judge panel placing a cap on the State's prison population. The cases went all the way to the United States Supreme Court where Justice Alito questioned any order that would require the State to release the equivalent of three divisions of convicted criminals. Alito predicted the action would lead to more crime. Chief Jordan highlights the changes that have been made since and how those actions were not intended to do anything but reduce the number of people in jail even if crime increased. Chief Jordan also provides insights into district attorneys who were supported by George Soros' groups. Join us on this Episode of The Bail Post. The arguments made in California yesterday, may be the arguments made in your jurisdiction tomorrow.