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Jail or bail: Montana still very much the wild west

by Troy Downing
| May 31, 2022 7:00 AM

Montana’s wild West is alive and well as a rogue subset of bounty hunters committing crimes and abuses against defendants on bail, their families and the public.

State law gives bondsmen unrestrained arrest powers leading some to employ dangerous tactics that threaten public safety and infringe on defendants’ rights...

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