Judges and Judiciary,
Criminal
Nov. 16, 2020
Judicial Council group: Review of pre-trial tools is separate from bail debate
"Regardless of SB 10, the Judicial Council continues to have legislative responsibility to oversee this pretrial pilot program, which will continue to operate through June of 2021," said 4th District Court of Appeal Justice Marsha G. Slough.
Recommendations to fix pretrial risk assessment tools presented at a Judicial Council meeting Friday included greater training for judges and further research on how to remove racial bias.
Appellate Justice Marsha G. Slough, who chairs the Pretrial Reform and Operations Workgroup set up by the council, told colleagues their work was completely separate from a larger d...
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