New Bail Rules Shelved

The Ohio Supreme Court rejects a recommendation tools used to measure offenders’ suitability for being released after an arrest be made available to all judges as they make bail decisions. Requiring these risk assessment tools was the top recommendation of a task force commissioned by the court last year to examine Ohio’s bail system. The tools…there are several nationally…look at a variety of factors, including the defendants’ age, criminal history and past failures to appear when analyzing what type of bond conditions should be set. More than 70 courts in Ohio already use them.