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The article offers information related to Bail Project, a national nonprofit organization that pays bail for people in need, reuniting families and restoring the presumption of innocence. It mentions that Bail Project is focusing on paying people's bail on an unprecedented scale and provides immediate relief to those caught in this two-tier system of justice, restoring the presumption of innocence and to end to mass incarceration.

The article offers information on the procedure of bails in the judicial system of the U.S. It states that 11th century, Anglo-Saxon courts began letting persons accused of a crime avoid pretrial detention in return for putting up some security in the form of money or property as a guarantee of their attendance to date issued by the court.