President Trump issued an Aug. 25 executive order aimed at ending cashless bail and threatened to withhold federal funding from states and jurisdictions that maintain such policies. The order asserts that releasing people without posting bail can endanger law-abiding Americans. Illinois has eliminated cash bail while other jurisdictions have limited its use. Data from places that restricted cash bail show no clear link between cashless bail and increased crime. Experts cite disproportionate impacts on certain groups and the strain of pretrial detention on jails as reasons for eliminating or limiting cash bail. Legal authority of the order over states is unclear.
President Donald Trump's latest move in his crime crackdown is an executive order to end cashless bail, and he threatened to withhold federal funding from states that don't end those policies. The Aug. 25 executive order says that when people are released without posting bail, they are "permitted - even encouraged - to further endanger law-abiding, hard-working Americans because they know our laws will not be enforced."
Illinois is the only state that has eliminated cash bail; other states and jurisdictions have limited its use. Data in jurisdictions that have restricted cash bail shows no link between cashless bail and increased crime. Experts say eliminating or limiting cash bail is based on its disproportionate impact on certain groups of people and the strain of pretrial detention on jails.
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