The Buckeye Institute Calls on Ohio Supreme Court to Enact an Emergency Bail Reform Rule
In Policy Solutions for the Pandemic: Bail Reform Will Keep Our Communities Safer, The Buckeye Institute calls on the Ohio Supreme Court to enact a temporary bail reform rule to take immediate effect that includes a presumption against cash bail and provisions that ensure judges base pretrial detention decisions on a defendant’s threat to the community and risk of non-appearance for trial. The General Assembly should then make the court’s emergency rule permanent.