Advocate- Cash bail problem, not Trudy White

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Many jurisdictions across the country, including New Orleans, have implemented a computer program-based or in-person risk assessment to evaluate the likelihood of recidivism and determine whether defendants pose a threat to themselves or others. Moore has consistently endorsed bringing such a process to East Baton Rouge as a means of providing more information to judges, and Blouin said the public defender's office would also support moving in that direction.

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I thought this guy had a pretty long rap sheet

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Bail reform is probably needed but the person pushing it in the article came off pushing it as an economic justice issue IMHO.

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I thought local BR issues went through the OT rather than politics.

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So how is that a bail reform issue?

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The total bond was set at $88,000 with one of Judge Trudy White's commissioners signing off after setting the bond.

The next day, Judge Trudy White went behind the commissioner and amended the bond, reducing the amount on many of those charges.

Possession & Distribution of Manufactured Control Schedule I --- $2,500Possession & Distribution of Manufactured Control Schedule II --- $2,500Possession of Firearm with drugs --- $1,000Felon in Possession of Firearm --- $1,000Resisting an Officer --- $500Possession of Drug Paraphernalia --- $500Improper Lane Usage --- $500Failure to Signal --- $500

The total dropped from $88,000 to $9,000.

"I don't understand that because we can't go judge shopping but a criminal can go judge shopping, but police can't do that when we try to get a warrant signed or a search warrant signed," Chief McDavid said.

Franklin bonded out on a commercial surety bond, meaning someone put up property to secure his bond.

"Usually, you see judges tweaking the amount up or down a little bit, usually down, but this amount is dramatic," Dane Ciolino, a Loyola University Professor who teaches legal ethics, told the 9News Investigators. "It's not uncommon at all for judges to reduce bonds. That is a fairly typical event in the Louisiana criminal justice system. What's unusual and somewhat striking in this case is how much the bond was reduced."

It was reduced by $79,000.

Just two weeks later, on November 28th, Zachary police arrested Franklin again. This time for illegal possession of a stolen firearm. His bond was set at $5,000 by a different judge, Judge Anderson, but there was a note reading "notify Judge White of new arrest"

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