Trump signed the cashless bail order three days after Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, was killed in a seemingly random stabbing in Charlotte, North Carolina. Some opponents of cashless bail policies argue that lenient policies may result in the release of defendants who could reoffend or fail to appear. How the bail system worksWashington, D.C., the immediate target of Trump’s executive orders, largely eliminated the use of cash bail in 1992. In 2016, New Mexico voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that limited the use of cash bail. He argued that the order conflicts with a Texas law passed in 2021 and another state bail law that took effect this month.