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Eugene

(66,300 posts) Mon Aug 11, 2025, 06:11 PM Aug 11

Trump calls for legislation to end no-cash bail in US cities as part of crime crackdown

Source: Reuters

Trump calls for legislation to end no-cash bail in US cities as part of crime crackdown

By David Morgan
August 11, 2025 3:56 PM EDT Updated 2 hours ago

WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trumpsaid on Monday he would ask Congress to tighten U.S. crime laws as part of a crackdown on violent crime in the District of Columbia and other U.S. cities.

Trump said Congress should end reforms in Chicago, New York and some other cities that allow some accused criminals to get out of jail ahead of their trial dates without posting a cash bond.

"Every place in the country where you have no-cash bail is a disaster," Trump said at a White House press conference where he announced that he was putting the U.S. capital's police department under federal control and deploying 800 National Guard troops.

Trump said the Department of Justice would craft legislation to end the practice and called on his fellow Republicans to push the bill through the narrowly divided Senate and House of Representatives.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-calls-legislation-end-no-cash-bail-us-cities-part-crime-crackdown-2025-08-11/

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-calls-legislation-end-no-192345929.html

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Trump calls for legislation to end no-cash bail in US cities as part of crime crackdown (Original Post) Eugene Aug 11 OP

Something is fucked up in shithole's brain...................... Lovie777 Aug 11 #1

How far away are we from the Debtor's prison of old? slightlv Aug 11 #2

That's a hildegaard28 Aug 11 #3

All Congress has to do customerserviceguy Aug 11 #4

Lovie777

(20,100 posts)

1. Something is fucked up in shithole's brain......................

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Aug 11, 2025, 06:16 PM

Aug 11

slightlv

(6,539 posts)

2. How far away are we from the Debtor's prison of old?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Aug 11, 2025, 06:21 PM

Aug 11

hildegaard28

(779 posts)

3. That's a

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Mon Aug 11, 2025, 06:28 PM

Aug 11

State's matter. It can't be legislated on the federal level. So much for Republicans believing in state's rights.

customerserviceguy

(25,394 posts)

4. All Congress has to do

Reply to hildegaard28 (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:11 PM

Aug 11

is condition aid to the states on compliance with laws that it passes. They did this with the under-21 drinking age states, and with seat belt laws. It usually has the effect of forcing compliance.

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