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Sep. 3, 2025

Trump's cashless bail orders target a pretrial release system that doesn't exist in California

Trump's executive orders targeting "cashless bail" could threaten to withhold federal funds from states like California, even though the state's pretrial system already requires individualized bail hearings and does not operate a substantially cashless framework.

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Trump's cashless bail orders target a pretrial release system that doesn't exist in California
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