Bail Reform: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on S. 440, S. 482, S. 1253, S. 1554 ... September 17 and October 21, 1981U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - 829 pages |
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... denying release may be taken pursuant to section 3147 of title 18 , United States Code . The United States may appeal from any order granting release under this section . " ( d ) The case of a person denied release pursuant to this 25 ...
... denying release may be taken pursuant to section 3147 of title 18 , United States Code . The United States may appeal from any order granting release under this section . " ( d ) The case of a person denied release pursuant to this 25 ...
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... denial of pretrial release to some defendants upon a showing that they would not appear for trial or would commit a serious offense pending trial . Although some have argued that these ... denied the discretion to do so in favor of an 80.
... denial of pretrial release to some defendants upon a showing that they would not appear for trial or would commit a serious offense pending trial . Although some have argued that these ... denied the discretion to do so in favor of an 80.
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... denied the discretion to do so in favor of an inflexible standard which has permitted release of many defendants who have then committed additional offenses and often fail to appear , becoming fugitives who must be located and ...
... denied the discretion to do so in favor of an inflexible standard which has permitted release of many defendants who have then committed additional offenses and often fail to appear , becoming fugitives who must be located and ...
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... deny a constitutional right to bail but without any convincing reso- lution . The court in Edwards upheld the ... denied without en- croaching on constitutional concerns where a judicial officer weighs all the appro- priate ...
... deny a constitutional right to bail but without any convincing reso- lution . The court in Edwards upheld the ... denied without en- croaching on constitutional concerns where a judicial officer weighs all the appro- priate ...
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... deny cash bail to such a person ? Mr. FREED . Senator , I believe that any judge could deny cash b to a defendant he ... denied cash bail because he though used as a method of escape ? Can you think of any of Mr. FREED . In the second ...
... deny cash bail to such a person ? Mr. FREED . Senator , I believe that any judge could deny cash b to a defendant he ... denied cash bail because he though used as a method of escape ? Can you think of any of Mr. FREED . In the second ...
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Page 566 - Section 1 of the act is intended to include those persons who, by an habitual course of misconduct in sexual matters, have evidenced an utter lack of power to control their sexual impulses and who, as a result are likely to attack or otherwise inflict injury, loss, pain or other evil on the objects of their uncontrolled and uncontrollable desire.
Page 757 - Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be deprived of his liberty save in the following cases and in accordance with a procedure prescribed by law...
Page 549 - In approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868 when the Amendment was adopted, or even to 1896 when Plessy v. Ferguson was written. We must consider public education in the light of its full development and its present place in American life throughout the Nation.
Page 393 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm, and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppression contrary to their just rights and liberties ; to the preservation whereof he holds himself in conscience as well obliged, as of his prerogative.
Page 676 - No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.
Page 708 - The taking by a State of the private property of one person or corporation, without the owner's consent, for the private use of another, is not due process of law, and is a violation of the Fourteenth Article of Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
Page 393 - ... law of the land. IV. And in the eight and twentieth year of the reign of King Edward III, it was declared and enacted by authority of parliament, that no man, of what estate or condition that he be, should be put out of his land or tenements, nor taken, nor imprisoned, nor disherited, nor put to death without being brought to answer by due process of law.
Page 640 - And upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be admitted, except where the punishment may be death, in which cases it shall not be admitted but by the Supreme or a circuit court, or by a justice of the supreme court, or a judge of a district court, who shall exercise their discretion therein, regarding the nature and circumstances of the offence, and of the evidence, and the usages of law.
Page 323 - A person (1) who is charged with an offense punishable by death, or (2) who has been convicted of an offense and is either awaiting sentence or has filed an appeal or a petition for a writ of certiorari...
Page 227 - It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.