Huawei CFO Gets Bail; China Detains Canadian Ex-Diplomat

JIM MORRIS, ROB GILLIES and PAUL WISEMAN / The Associated Press Dec 11, 2018 A Vancouver court sets $7.5 million bond for Meng Wanzhou. Her detainment, requested by the U.S., has set off international tensions. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Atlanta Just Took a Major Step to Reform Its Inhumane Bail System

Mehreen Kasana / AlterNet Feb 7, 2018 "The city jails are filled with people charged with misdemeanors only because they cannot pay," says a human rights lawyer. A proposal unanimously approved by the City Council will let people out on their own recognizance. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

VIDEO: John Oliver: ‘Bail Has Become a Way to Lock Up the Poor Regardless of Guilt’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 8, 2015 HBO's "Last Week Tonight" host explains how the discrimination ingrained in America's bail system leads the poor to plead guilty to crimes they didn't even commit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ahmadinejad Says 2 U.S. Hikers Will Be Freed (Updated)

Staff / Truthdig Sep 14, 2011 Update: The Iranian Justice Ministry has contradicted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and said the release of the two hikers who were sentenced to eight years in prison could be delayed. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Strauss-Kahn Accusers Call Alarmed Prosecutors

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Assange Freed on Bail in Britain

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2010 On Thursday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sprung from jail on bail in London, where he addressed a press throng, cracking wise about how justice in the British system is "not dead yet" and thanking his legal team and journalists who "were not all taken in . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Assange Ordered Out of Jail on Bail

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2010 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given a bit of a break on Tuesday when a British judge ordered that he be released from jail for the small bail fee of $310,000. However, this small measure of freedom comes with a few strings -- and an electronic monitor -- attached. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Swiss Court Accepts Polanski’s $4.5M Bail Request

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2009 Will Roman Polanski spend the holidays at his mountain chalet in Gstaad? That could well be the case after Polanski's latest bail offer, this time to the tune of $45 million, was accepted by a Swiss court Wednesday, although the 76-year-old director (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Swiss Nix Polanski’s Bail Request

Staff / Truthdig Oct 6, 2009 After his legal team came up short Tuesday with its request that Swiss officials reconsider his recent arrest and release him on bail, film director Roman Polanski remained behind bars, unable to spend his time awaiting his fate from his resort home in Gstaad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Madoff Wants Out of Jail … for Now

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2009 Citing such sketchy precedents as rulings in the cases of Enron's Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, Bernard Madoff's legal team filed an appeal at a New York federal court on Friday requesting that their client be released on bail until he is sentenced on June 16. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )