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John Goldkamp weighs in on Philly courts' private bail system
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Members of a special committee exploring ways to overhaul Philadelphia's criminal justice system clashed Monday over whether the system should bring back the use of private bail bonders. Cash bail has "so many disadvantages," warned Temple criminologist John Goldkamp (who the Inquirer described as "the leading academic expert on Philadelphia's courts"). "People who shouldn't be released can purchase it," he said. "People who should be released can't be because they can't afford it."