25 Jun 2018

Relaxing bail laws won't increase public risk - researcher

From Morning Report, 7:25 am on 25 June 2018

A researcher who has crunched the numbers on bail is dismissing arguments that relaxing the current system will endanger the public. A review of bail laws is under way, as increasing remand numbers have seen the prison population balloon. However the families of people murdered by someone on bail want the law to remain as it is. Ann Marie May reports.