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Scott Fitzgerald: “Indiana prohibits the use of charitable bail funds for…”

Featuring: Scott Fitzgerald, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 5

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Scott Fitzgerald: This Is Why Congress Must Reform Charitable Bail Funds And Cashless Bail

Published | Video Starts at 04:22

This is why many states have begun regulating the use of charitable bail funds. Georgia, for example, limits the amount of cash bonds a charitable bail fund can pay in a given year. Indiana prohibits the use of charitable bail funds for posting bail for violent felony offenders. And unfortunately, state by state, patchwork is now defined developing and that will obviously not solve this problem. That's why we introduced the Keeping Valid Offenders off the streets act. (04:22–04:29)

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Asserts that Indiana prohibits charitable bail funds from bailing out violent felony offenders.

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