 In that period, he lost his job, he lost his car, he lost his family -- it was split up.He did not find another job, following that, for four months.”  The next major revision to U.S. bail law came with the Bail Reform Act of 1984, which replaced its 1966 predecessor.The Bail Reform Act of 1966 had helped stop discrimination against the poor, but left loopholes open that let many allegedly dangerous people receive bail as long as they did not appear to be flight risks.