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They Can't Win the Argument, So They're Changing the Dictionary
From redefining "bail" as any form of release to rebranding licensed bail agents an "industry," the movement to eliminate commercial bail has spent thirty years rewriting the vocabulary of pretrial justice — and courts are starting to adopt the new definitions.
NABA Staff Writer·Aug 7, 2026
Opinion
The Missing Comparator: What Bail Reform Research Actually Measured
The studies most often cited to support bail reform never compared text reminders to commercial surety. They compared reminders to nothing at all. That distinction matters more than reform advocates have been willing to say.
NABA Staff Writer·Apr 7, 2026