Big Blow to Money Bail in Atlanta

I spend all my time working with states -- mostly Supreme Courts and on bills -- so I often forget to report on things happening all over the country in our municipalities. Here's an article about what's happened in Atlanta today. And it all started with a simple letter. 

"Bondsmen argued that victims deserved to have their cases resolved in court." 

Hey, ain't nobody denying that. It's just that everyone figured out that a money bond doesn't really motivate any better than a bunch of other things, like . . . well, like practically everything. And those other things don't cause people to sit in jail. 

Watch out -- this stuff will slip up on you!