Electronic Monitoring of Defendants Is Increasing, but at What Price?

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William Edwards was released on electronic monitoring. His case was dismissed, but he still had to pay the monitoring company thousands of dollars. Photo by Bert Johnson/KQED

By Sukey Lewis, KQED News Fix/The California Report

When San Francisco defense attorney Kevin Mitchell visits a new client in jail, there’s one thing at the top of his mind: “I want my clients to have some way to get out.”

Mitchell says he’s got a better chance of winning a case if his client can walk freely into court in a coat and tie rather than under guard or in an orange jumpsuit.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix/The California Report.

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