On Wednesday, California lawmakers rejected a scaled-back bid to change the state’s cash bail system, a year after a more comprehensive move likewise failed amid news coverage of a horrific murder.
The proposal was shelved after a parolee who had been released without posting bail was arrested after it was discovered that a woman from Sacramento had been found dead inside of her burning home along with her two butchered pets. County prosecutors are now seeking to have Troy Davis put to death.
Assemblyman Tom Lackey joins the show to discuss the reasons as to why the ‘Zero Bail’ bill policy stalled.