Bail Reform
Bail Reform
Bail Reform
Bail Reform
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Bail Reform
A system of pretrial bail has been adopted to devise the rules about authorizing the
Pretrial arrest and release decisions basing on risk aimed at encouraging releasing
restricting/prohibiting the use of secure financial criteria of release and detecting suspects
Suspected offenders illegible by law for pretrial release are given the release
A collaborative group of stakeholders who value and implement the use of evidence-
A pretrial release system is important because it purports to maintain the judicial process'
integrity by securing the defendants for trial, by providing a due legal process to individuals
accused of criminal activity, and by protecting the victims, witnesses, and community from
interference, threat, or danger. There has been considerable debate over bail reform regarding
pretrial release for over 50 years especially since the Bail Reform Act of 1984. Recently the
justice reform, and there is certainly bipartisan support for that” (Oakes & Fleming, 2018). It
means that bail reform is an important issue when it comes to pretrial release of defendants. The
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judge has the authority to release a defendant on an unsecured appearance bond or personal
recognizance and one or multiple conditions. Moreover, a judge may detain the defendant
temporarily, or detain him/her for long according to the standard procedures. If the adjudication
liberty, in that case, is considered oppressive and harsh which often subjects a defendant to
psychological and economic hardships, affects their defense, and in, some cases, strip their
get bail or given pretrial release whose detention may cause more problems for him/her, the
References
Oakes, B., & Fleming, W. (2018, August 29). Pressley Says Voters Have A Choice: Status Quo
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