Daywatch: Appeals skyrocket as courts grapple with bond reform
Briefly

"All right. Since its founding, this country has used monetary bonds in conjunction with pretrial conditions as an effective tool for ensuring that a defendant is not a risk of harm to others in the community, does not commit any criminal offenses while out on bond, and that he appears as directed at all future court dates," Bauknecht began.
The pretrial appeal of Bauknecht's decision is among hundreds filed since the legislation took effect.
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