"Suzanne Bagby, the chairwoman of the fund committee, said it will be a milestone for the group when it frees its first person from pretrial incarceration. Bagby said her committee meets on Aug. 31 to discuss it, but she thinks it’s a reasonable goal. 'That will be our biggest achievement,' Bagby said about bailing out its first defendant. 'There are so many fees and so many things we still need to work out with the courts'."

Columbia Daily Tribune

August 24, 2018