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Latest California bail reform effort dies for this year

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By DON THOMPSON
Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s latest effort to reform the state’s cash bail system won’t move forward this year. Democratic Sen. Bob Hertzberg said Thursday that he’ll try again next year. He unsuccessfully tried several variations of a new measure after voters in November defeated a law what would have ended cash bail in favor of risk assessments. His initial bill cleared the Senate but ran into opposition in the more conservative Assembly ahead of Friday’s legislative deadline. The California District Attorneys Association gained new traction in opposing the measure this week when a parolee was charged in the slaying of a Sacramento woman found dead inside her burning home. 

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