The district clerk wears many hats. As we have seen the expansion of the digital formats and e-filing, the hats that the district clerk has to wear has only expanded. As many counties have overseen the conversion of old software systems to new over the last couple of years, some have experienced more problems that others. Our guest on this episode of The Bail Post is the District Clerk of McLennan County. Mr. Gimble has overseen software conversion, has been appointed to state committees and commissions and is in the forefront of planning for the future (think central statewide database). Join us and all the many things that you never even knew the district clerk took care of in your county.

On this episode of The Bail Post we meet the new President of PBUS David Stuckman as we discuss multiple issues. One of the issues that we highlight is the recent data breach of Capitar's cloud based bail software and the responses by bail agents. We also discuss bail in the state of Kansas and we find out that there are both property bondsmen and corporate bondsmen. We also discuss the laws in Kansas for returning the defendant to custody. We also discuss the Professional Bondsmen of the United States, how it functions and it upcoming meeting.

Our guest on this episode of The Bail Post is the sitting district attorney for Harris County- Kim Ogg. D.A. Ogg was first elected to become district attorney in 2016 with the support of a Soros political group. She was re-elected in 2020 without the support of a Soros political group.

D.A. Ogg was present for all the inside political discussions for criminal justice reform/bail reform in Harris County. D.A. Ogg initially supported the reforms, but once she concluded that the proposed reforms went too far, she opposed them.

On this episode of The Bail Post D.A. Ogg tells all. Join us and see if you come to the same conclusion that we did- Wow!

This is the second of two episodes regarding Charitable Bail Funds. The first part was episode number 5 of The Bail Post. On this episode on The Bail Post we highlight what states have done since Texas enacted a bill requiring transparency for Charitable Bail Funds. The state of Indiana limited these funds so that they could not post a bond over a certain size. Also, recently, the state of Georgia passed a bill limiting these funds from posting no more than 3 bonds in a given period of time whether that be six months or a year. Why are states placing restrictions on these funds? Probably because the legislatures are listening to the states from the representatives of some of these funds which state that they want to create chaos in the Criminal Justice System. Therefore, legislatures are taking them at their word and placing restrictions on them to prevent chaos.

Retired Chief Patrick Jordan worked for the L.A. County Sheriff's office for over 30 years. He has intimate knowledge regarding the California Criminal Justice System the reforms that have been pushed for years. He talks about the litigation that began attacking the State's failure to provide proper mental health care and medical care which lead to a three judge panel placing a cap on the State's prison population. The cases went all the way to the United States Supreme Court where Justice Alito questioned any order that would require the State to release the equivalent of three divisions of convicted criminals. Alito predicted the action would lead to more crime. Chief Jordan highlights the changes that have been made since and how those actions were not intended to do anything but reduce the number of people in jail even if crime increased. Chief Jordan also provides insights into district attorneys who were supported by George Soros' groups. Join us on this Episode of The Bail Post. The arguments made in California yesterday, may be the arguments made in your jurisdiction tomorrow.

Jim Quinn is a former assistant district attorney in Queens, New York. His family has lived in New York for four generations. Jim was on the front lines as New York slipped bail reform into the budget bill in 2019 and when it went into effect in January 2020. Jim has written numerous articles about the New York bail reform and its impact on crime. On this episode of The Bail Post we evaluate the reforms and their impact on recidivism. The biggest take away from this episode is that the politicians stated that they were willing to have more crime to address their political agenda. Four years later, we can say that they got exactly that. Crime is up 40% since before the reforms were enacted and defendants with a prior arrest are committing new crimes at record numbers. Recidivism rates demonstrate that a known group of people are committing a large percentage of crimes and the citizens are bearing the brunt of politicians who refuse to fix the problems that they themselves created.

On this episode of The Bail Post we talk about the current theories regarding the causes of crime and how to deter it. Our guest is Dr. Jennifer Wooldridge. She is an associate professor of Criminal Justice and the Criminal Justice Undergraduate Coordinator at UT Tyler.

Domestic Violence Survivors are one of the unknown stories of Bail Reform Failures. As catch and release policies or arrest and release policies are being used more in our urban areas, one of the areas of society that is being most hit is in the area of domestic violence. In many places, survivors cannot rely upon the criminal justice system any longer to protect them; and instead, they have to plan their escape plan with the help of volunteers across the country. Join us on this episode of the Bail Post with Guest Angeline Constantinou as we talk about this very important issue.