Bail is a set of pre-trial restrictions that are imposed on a suspect to ensure that they will not hamper the judicial process. Bail is the conditional release of a defendant with the promise to appear in court when required. In some countries,especially the United States,bail usually implies a bail bond,a deposit of money or some form of property to the court by the suspect in return for the release from pre-trial detention. If the suspect does not return to court,the bail is forfeited and the suspect may be charged with the crime of failure to appear. If the suspect returns to make all their required appearances,bail is returned after the trial is concluded.
A bail bondsman,bail bond agent or bond dealer is any person,agency or corporation that will act as a surety and pledge money or property as bail for the appearance of a defendant in court.
Martha Mary Coakley is an American lobbyist,lawyer,and former politician who served as Attorney General of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. Prior to serving as Attorney General,she was District Attorney of Middlesex County from 1999 to 2007.
Andrea J. Cabral is an American lawyer and former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety and sheriff of Suffolk County,Massachusetts.
Marie P. St. Fleur is a Haitian American politician and lawyer. former Massachusetts State Representative who represented the Fifth Suffolk district from 1999-2011. Her district consisted of parts of the Boston neighborhoods Dorchester and Roxbury. She is the first Haitian-American to hold public office in Massachusetts. Representative St. Fleur was one of the most active supporters of John Kerry's presidential bid,often traveling to Florida to do outreach on his behalf. Representative St. Fleur was appointed Vice-Chair of the powerful Ways and Means Committee by House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi,a leadership position that has tremendous influence in the budget process. On January 30,2006 Thomas F. Reilly,candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor,selected St. Fleur as his running mate. Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run separately through the primary,then are joined as a single ticket for the election. The following day she withdrew after The Boston Globe reported that she was delinquent in tax debts and owed over $40,000 in student loans.
Charles Russell Train was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1859 to 1863.
Edward Francis Harrington is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Ellen Judith Huvelle is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She has overseen several significant cases. In a case decided in May 2001,Huvelle "upheld federal regulations that restrict the sale of consumers' names,Social Security numbers,dates of birth,addresses and phone numbers." Later that year,Huvelle heard requests by family members of Vince Foster seeking access to pictures of his body taken after his death. In November 2005,she accepted the guilty plea in the high-profile prosecution of lobbyist Michael Scanlon. Huvelle assumed senior status on June 3,2014.
Mark Lawrence Wolf is a Senior Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and founder and chair of Integrity Initiatives International.
Bail in the United States refers to the practice of releasing suspects from custody before their hearing,on payment of bail,which is money or pledge of property to the court which may be refunded if suspects return to court for their trial. Bail practices in the United States vary from state to state.
Annie Dookhan is an American convicted felon who formerly worked as a chemist at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Drug Abuse lab and admitted to falsifying evidence affecting up to 34,000 cases.
Marian T. Ryan is the District Attorney (DA) of Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States. She was the Commonwealth's only female District Attorney from 2013 to 2018. As of 2012,she is one of two,including Andrea Harrington,Berkshire County DA. She is a Democrat.
Executive Order 13768 titled Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States was signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on January 25,2017. The order stated that "sanctuary jurisdictions" including sanctuary cities that refused to comply with immigration enforcement measures would not be "eligible to receive Federal grants,except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes" by the U.S. Attorney General or Secretary of Homeland Security.
Andrew E. Lelling is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 2017 to 2021. He is best known for leading Operation Varsity Blues,the federal investigation and prosecution of a massive nationwide college admissions scandal,He also oversaw the largest-ever prosecution of MS-13,which all but eliminated the notorious Salvadoran gang in the Boston area and the prosecution of six eBay employees involved in the eBay stalking scandal which involved the terrorizing of a middle-aged couple living in greater Boston,Massachusetts. His tenure was also marked by major gang and healthcare enforcement actions. Lelling,however,was also criticized by some as being "overzealous,grandstanding,and politically motivated" for his prosecution of a local trial judge who helped an undocumented immigrant charged with drug crimes avoid arrest by immigration authorities.
Frank M. Gaziano is an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
United States v. Shelley M. Richmond Joseph and Wesley MacGregor (2019) was the federal criminal prosecution of a Massachusetts state court judge (Joseph) and court officer (MacGregor) for helping a state court defendant evade federal immigration authorities by allowing him to leave a court hearing through a rear door of the courthouse. Both were charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice,aiding and abetting obstruction of justice,and aiding and abetting obstruction of a federal proceeding;MacGregor was also charged with perjury during grand jury proceedings. Joseph faced 20 years in prison;MacGregor,30 years. Both could have been fined $250,000. On September 22,2022,the case concluded with an announcement by federal prosecutors that the obstruction charges against both Joseph and MacGregor would be dismissed and that prosecution of the perjury charge against MacGregor would be deferred. As part of the resolution,Joseph agreed to submit to disciplinary proceedings before the Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct.
Rachael Splaine Rollins is an American lawyer and politician who was the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 2022 to 2023. Rollins was formerly Suffolk County District Attorney (D.A.) in Massachusetts,which includes the municipalities of Boston,Chelsea,Revere,and Winthrop.
John Cochran Park (1804–1889) was an American attorney and politician who served as district attorney of Suffolk County,Massachusetts,and a judge of the Newton district court.
Kim Ogg is an American lawyer and prosecutor. She is the Harris County District Attorney in Texas and assumed office in 2017. Her current term ends on December 31,2024. She was previously the City of Houston’s first appointed Anti-Gang Task Force Director,and the executive director of Crime Stoppers of Houston. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2022 Massachusetts Attorney General election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the next attorney general of Massachusetts. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey was eligible to seek a third term,but instead announced she would run for governor.
