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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; color: #232323; -webkit-text-stroke: #232323} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} 90% of Division Pretrial Detention budget goes to Baltimore’s Jail Facilities; 3.5% of spending goes to Pretrial Release Services program." - Justice Policy Institute 2011 Please join us as we welcome Todd Oppenheim, an attorney of over 12 years in the Felony Trial Division of the Baltimore City Public Defender's Office, and Toni Holness, Public Policy Director of the ACLU of Maryland, to discuss the broken bail system in Baltimore and the U.S. They will cover subjects like how bail reviews work, why they are often the first step in a long process of denying indigent defendants their rights, how pretrial incarceration due to high bails effects what happens during the life of cases, and how the outcome of a case is often determined by bail status. They'll also discuss the latest legislative efforts to change the bail system, and what citizens can do to help. Come out and join this discussion of real examples of injustice as well as possible solutions to the bail problem.