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Lawmakers were debating proposals to eliminate cash bail and thus decrease the profit incentives in the pretrial system.

The pretrial system should -- and could -- work like a bicycle, with courts using different gears depending on needs of each specific case.

In recent years Schatzow became involved in reforming the pretrial system, including serving as co-counsel on a landmark 2013 Court of Appeals decision that held defendants have a right to counsel at initial bail hearings.

"It's now up to the state legislature to pursue comprehensive reforms of the state's pretrial system and move away from money bail towards [what] we know works: evidence-backed pretrial risk assessment and supervision," she said.

In a signing statement, Malloy hailed the measure, saying it would address the "unintended consequences" of a pretrial justice system that has had adverse effects on public safety.

Rosenberg proposes reforming the pretrial detention system, writing that it "should be reserved for flight risks or dangers to society," not just any low-risk offender who cannot afford bail.

The organization has been challenging local pretrial detention systems in many parts of the country.

Commercial bail bond companies dominate the pretrial release systems of only two nations, the United States and the Philippines.

Brennan intensified his efforts to get cases to trial faster, working out a pretrial-conference system that shortened trials or, in many cases, made trials unnecessary by facilitating settlements.

A number of states and local jurisdictions have moved to amend their pretrial justice systems in recent years.

At the front end of the system, for pretrial defendants, a limited use of house arrest is likely to be cost-effective as long as it is used for people who normally would not be released on their own recognizance or who cannot make bail.