Defenders decry rise in cash-only bail 

BY: Brendan Kearney
POSTED: January 30, 2011
Tags: bail, Baltimore, bondsman, brian g. thompson, cash-only, central booking, domestic violence, habeas corpus, Jerome LaCorte, maryland, petition

A Baltimore man was arrested on domestic violence charges on March 2, and the bail commissioner set his bail at $125,000. The next day, a district judge revised that to $50,000, payable in cash only. The man’s attorney, Brian G. Thompson, who said the victim’s injuries could only be seen at the hospital under special [...]