What would have been a milestone for social justice advocates instead exposed deep divisions in the criminal justice movement.

Activists in Santa Clara County and throughout the state held rallies this week to call for an end to the money bail system.

The local bail bond industry has taken aim at a county program that lets people get out of jail for free.  A group calling itself California Coalition for Pretrial Accountability is now building a war chest and “intends to lobby key decision makers” to eliminate the “Own Recognizance Release Program” (ORP) and other pre-trial services.