Andrea Cabral: Massachusetts Bail Fund Faces Criticism

Open door to prison cell — The Massachusetts Bail Fund has come under criticism for posting bail for Shawn McClinton — a man facing rape charges, who was charged with a new rape after being bailed out.

Hannah Uebele is a producer for Under the Radar with Callie Crossley and previously worked as associate producer for Boston Public Radio. She graduated from Tufts University with a B.S. in English and Environmental Studies. She's a proud Delawarean but has found herself saying "wicked" more and more often, so the Bostonian metamorphosis is well underway.Contact: hannah_uebele@wgbh.org

August 13, 2020

Updated August 07, 2023

The Massachusetts Bail Fund has come under criticism for posting bail for Shawn McClinton — a man facing rape charges, who was charged with a new rape after being bailed out on July 15. "The general criticism is that there's no sort of qualitative analysis for who they do post bail for," Andrea Cabral told Boston Public Radio on Thursday.

Cabral is the former secretary of public safety and sheriff of Suffolk County. She is currently the CEO of Ascend.