Courts scramble to craft new procedures under Safe-T Act – WGLT (NPR at ISU)

The end of cash bail is one of the well-known provisions of the state law, but there are a lot more pieces of it that will have big effects. Among them, it becomes more difficult for judges to issue warrants for people accused of crimes who fail to appear for a court date. "They now have to issue a contempt proceeding and have that paperwork served on the defendant before a warrant can be issued, which as you can imagine is a little crazy under how things actually operate within the confines of a criminal case," said Judge Mark Fellheimer.