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Nine of every 10 detained defendants in the U.S. remain in jail awaiting trial because they cannot pay bail money. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File

Bail reforms across the US have shown that releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm public safety

Henry F. Fradella, Arizona State University and Christine Scott-Hayward, California State University, Long Beach

President Trump wants to punish states and cities that eliminate bail money, but releasing defendants pretrial without having to post bail doesn’t lead to higher crime rates, data shows.

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