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Judges to get more info when setting bail
By abqjournal.com- Maggie Shepard
Published: 05/23/2016

Most of the major criminal, court and personal information databases in use in the state will soon merge so judges can do a quicker, more thorough background check before deciding how much – or possibly whether – to set bail for defendants.

State officials say the Criminal History Clearinghouse could be operational by winter, but because it is a groundbreaking project that will link at least six databases, each with its own technology and subdatabases, the project could take longer – and cost more than legislators budgeted for it.

In addition to challenging logistics, the project has also scaled down in scope from what was pitched to legislators in this year’s session.

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