What is ROR or release on own recognizance?
Release on recognizance means you're released on your signature and your promise to return, with no monetary bond.
Judges consider it based on ties to the community, employment, prior record, the nature of the charge, and whether the person has appeared reliably in the past. First-time misdemeanor arrests with local ties are the typical candidates.
What changed in 2024: for offenses designated as dangerous crimes, a judge may no longer grant nonmonetary pretrial release at first appearance. Before January 1, 2024, a judge could order recognizance release or electronic monitoring on findings of fact. That discretion was removed for those offenses.
The practical effect is that the category of people who might have walked out without posting anything is narrower than it was, and for certain charges it's closed entirely.
Pretrial release supervision programs are a related but distinct option in some circuits.
Whether it's even available depends on the charge, and that changed recently. ---
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