Governor makes California first state to eliminate bail

New risk-assessment system, which will allow nonviolent suspects to be released within 12 hours of booking, will take effect October 2019

California will become the first state to eliminate bail for suspects awaiting trial under a bill signed Tuesday by the governor, Jerry Brown.

The bill will replace bail with a risk-assessment system, although it’s still unclear how the system will work. It will take effect in October 2019.

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