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One of the states that has scrapped cash bail is New Jersey. The result: thousands fewer people are held in jail who otherwise might not have been able to purchase their freedom. Yet, in some cases, Connecticut inmates stay in jail for years, awaiting a jury to find someone innocent because they can’t afford to post bail.
“It is an unprecedented number of vacancies,” said Supreme Court Justice Andrew McDonald, who chairs the Criminal Justice Commission, the agency that hires state prosecutors.