City committee to look into bail bond system

Published April 12, 2007 4:00am ET



A new committee will look into the problem of bail bondsmen allowing suspects to be released from jail on payment plans that make high bails meaningless, officials said Wednesday.

Baltimore City State?s Attorney Patricia Jessamy said she has agreed to head up a subcommittee of the Baltimore City Criminal Justice Coordinating Council aimed at studying the issue.

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