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12.12.17

A Brief History of Cash Bail

Caitlin Hill

When you think of the term “bail” do you tend to visualize bond agents, bounty hunters, and flashing neon signs with names like ABC Bonds, A-1 Bonds, EZ Bonds? That’s what we thought.

The reason you likely think this way is because that’s what you’ve been taught to think by what you’ve seen or heard about the American bail process.