TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 1, 2020

Circuit Court judges in the Fourth Judicial District have signed a standing order that reduces to zero the bond required for nonviolent unsentenced individuals charged with a misdemeanor offense or those arrested for a felony technical violation of the rules of probation. The move is being taken to keep additional alleged offenders out of area jails and protect corrections officers, sheriffs’ deputies, law enforcement officers, healthcare workers and other professionals who regularly come in contact with inmates, the Citizen Tribune reports.