Indiana mother works to get legislation passed to restrict charitable bail organizations

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed into law House Enrolled Act 1300, a bill that will prohibit charitable bail organizations from bailing out anyone who is charged with a violent crime in Indiana or is charged with a felony and has a prior conviction for a crime of violence. Lakeshore Public Radio’s Dee Dotson recently had a chance to speak with Nikki Sterling, a staunch advocate for changes to be made in Indiana laws to regulate charitable bail funds ever since the murder of her son, Dylan McGinnis, by an individual who had been bailed out by The Bail Project. For the full details of House Enrolled Act 1300 please visit www.iga.in.gov.