A local lawmaker is part of a group advancing legislation that aims to reduce violent crime across the state.
State Representative Tim Bonner is planning to introduce legislation that would set uniformity on the availability of bail.
It would expand the role of the Pennsylvania Sentencing Commission by directing it to publish guidelines for the availability of bail and conditions of pretrial release for defendants.
Bonner is also scheduled to take part in a press conference on crime planned for 9:30 a.m. today at the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg that will be livestreamed on the PA House GOP website.