The Bail Project in May filed a lawsuit against the state regarding a new law targeting charitable bail organizations.
, saying the law infringes on the organization’s constitutional rights. The new law prevents charitable bail groups from bailing out anyone charged with a violent crime in Indiana and anyone with a past conviction for a violent crime, then charged with any new felony.
In its complaint, the Bail Project and the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana said the law violates the group’s First Amendment rights because the organization considers paying bail “expressive advocacy work.” The organization maintained the group exists to argue that cash bail is harmful and unnecessary. , study shows
“This case is still alive and the court will be considering the merits of our argument about the far-reaching first amendment and equal protection implications of the new law,” Falk said.
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