Defendants charged with domestic violence and related offenses will have a harder time making bail if a bill passed by the New Jersey State Assembly becomes law. The measure, A-1491, would add domestic violence and violations of restraining orders to the list of first- and second-degree crimes in which defendants must post the full amount of the bail or obtain a surety bond or a bail bond secured by real property. An amendment to the bill removed language that set a mandatory bail minimum of $5,000 for a crime of domestic violence.
The Assembly passed the measure in a 77-1 vote. It now goes to the Senate.
It's a good thing that New Jersey is taking domestic-violence more seriously. This san diego bail bonds that I had the chance to work with a few whiles back agrees that this could help control domestic-violence cases, hopefully preventing repeat cases by keeping more offenders behind bars.
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