Riley Evans uncovers how the commercial bail bonds industry produces human suffering in pursuit of corporate greed. It’s a story of a saloon in San Francisco and a multi-national insurer in Tokyo. It’s a story of campaign donations, complicit judges and captured regulators. It’s a story of families extorted and locked in debt. Read Evans’s revealing article on The [F]law
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