“Posting bail for others as an act of faith and an expression of the need for reform has an important history in this country.”

U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert, regarding her July 12 decision to grant a preliminary injunction that was sought by The Bail Project, a national nonprofit that aids thousands of low-income people behind bars. Calvert ruled that a new Georgia state law that limited people and organizations from posting more than three cash bonds in a year unless they met extensive requirements to become bail bond companies is essentially arbitrary. After Calvert’s ruling, The Bail Project reopened its doors in Atlanta on Monday, July 22. (Associated Press — July 22, 2024)