TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 15, 2021

Tennessee Sen. Ferrell Haile, R-Gallatin, is continuing to gather information in a series of statewide meetings focused on reforms to the bail system, Tennessee Lookout reports. Hearings held during the summer study session pitted criminal reformers, who argued defendants are kept in jail only because they can’t afford to make bail, against victim advocates, who argued that dangerous defendants need to stay in jail to protect the public. Others expressed concern about no-bail or low-bail programs in some of the nation’s largest cities they say are causing a spike in violent crime. And bail agents expressed concern that their business would be in jeopardy under some of the proposed changes. Observers expect Haile to introduce new legislation in the new session.