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Community bail funds face backlash over whom they let out

Published April 4, 2022 at 10:52 AM PDT

Flush with money after the 2020 protests, community bail funds are releasing more people from jail. That’s getting pushback from those who say they should be more careful about whom they bailout.

NPR’s Martin Kaste.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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