Denver's cashless bond system being 'abused,' citizens are 'suffering,' former DA says Denver's cashless bonds and bail reform have led to the city's crime spike that's harming citizens, a former district attorney told Fox News. The Colorado city permits magistrates to issue personal recognizance bonds, which allows defendants to be released without providing cash or other collateral, so long as they promise to appear in court. The current district attorney's office said in 2021 that it would agree to more PR bonds and to lower more cash bonds, a local ABC affiliate reported. "This PR bond system, it's being abused," a fellow with the Common Sense Institute, Mitch Morrissey, told Fox News. "It's being abused by the individuals that are getting the bond, it's being abused by the magistrates that are issuing the PR bonds." Denver property crime increased nearly 27% in 2021, with car thefts climbing nearly 61% and burglaries almost 32%, according to The Denver Post. Reported violent crime increased nearly 6%. "What's happening is these individuals are re-offending at a very high rate," Morrissey told Fox News. "In the last two years, four of these [violent] offenders have murdered people in Denver." "They got PR bonds or $1 bonds, and they went right out and murdered people," he continued. "It's a big problem." _______________ What a goofy idea.