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Podcast: The Bay
Episode: Is Prop 25 California's Best Chance to End Cash Bail?
Description: Proposition 25 is the culmination of a long fight over the bail system in California. A win for the "Yes" vote would uphold a law that abolishes cash bail and replaces it with a system that uses "risk assessment" algorithms to help judges decide whether to keep people locked up before trial. A win for the "No" vote would stop these changes and keep cash bail in place.The bail industry is in the "No" camp, but so are some progressive groups who think this new system would also be unjust and want the state legislature to go...