DENVER — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at ending cashless bail in DC and across the nation – and threatens the revocation of federal funds that don’t comply.

Cashless bail, known as personal recognizance or PR bonds, is a system in which suspects are released from jail while awaiting trial based on their promise to appear in court rather than paying out cash.

Our data crunch at the time showed in Denver, 69% of all serious drug offenders received no cash or PR bonds, and we also discovered 45% of the accused offenders who received those no cash bonds never returned to court, were never held accountable.

So now the question is, how does Trump's executive order potentially impact the judicial system here in Colorado?

“I certainly think here in Colorado, we ne

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