Professor: Bail too high for poor who are held in Baltimore

Published February 20, 2008 5:00am ET



A group of Maryland Law School students is meeting resistance as it attempts to free people too poor to post small bails for minor charges, the group?s professor said.

“Currently, too many people accused of less serious crimes remain incarcerated for 30 days and longer because they lack the necessary financial resources … ” University of Maryland Law School professor Douglas Colbert wrote in a letter to the Baltimore City Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.

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