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People Fail to Appear in Court, but Judge Lets Them Go on ‘Zero Bail’ because of Pandemic

“Advocacy groups, including the Western Center on Law and Poverty and Dream Corps, believe the Temporary Emergency Bail Schedule will save lives for those in jail because, instead of placing inmates into a small cell and risking the spread of COVID-19, they are released and allowed to distance themselves from others.”

People Fail to Appear in Court, but Judge Lets Them Go on ‘Zero Bail’ because of Pandemic