A federal judge has begun sentencing dozens accused of using fake pay stubs to secure fraudulent bail bonds through Houston's ...

While the White House can't directly control local jurisdictions that refuse to issue cash bail for accused criminals, particularly repeat offenders, experts say the president does have some ways to ...

A federal judge has rejected the claims of two Bozeman municipal court judges who said a lawsuit brought by a bail bonding company should be dismissed because of judicial immunity. Meanwhile, the ...

Federal authorities have intervened to detain a 50-year-old man accused of setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A Montana bail bondsman who has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that two Bozeman ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wins court approval to intervene in a Harris County bail reform lawsuit, vowing to do ...

Three Houston residents have been found guilty of participating in a scheme to fraudulently secure the release of Harris County inmates using falsified bail bond documents.

Federal appellate judges poked holes Tuesday in Georgia’s new bail law that opponents say will force large numbers of people to remain in jail simply because they are poor. The state wants to limit ...

Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ effort to get a federal court to free her on bond while she appeals her state conviction was met with apparent skepticism by a federal magistrate during a hearing ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A federal judge has rejected the claims of two Bozeman municipal court judges who said a lawsuit ...