NCJ Number
41135
Editor(s)
P WAHRHAFTIG
Date Published
1977
Length
80 pages
Annotation
THIS PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION BOOKLET CONTAINS REPRINTS AND EXCERPTED ARTICLES ON THE PROBLEMS OF MONEY BAIL AND PREVENTIVE DETENTION, PRETRIAL RELEASE, BAIL FUNDS, AND MONITORING OF THE BAIL SYSTEM.
Abstract
A COPY OF MODEL BAIL REFORM LEGISLATION, INTRODUCED INTO THE PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE AS H.B. 1519 IN 1974, IS ALSO INCLUDED. THIS MODEL BILL, WHICH WAS NOT PASSED, CALLS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF MONEY BAIL; PRETRIAL RELEASE IN MOST, IF NOT ALL, CASES; AN END TO PREVENTIVE DETENTION; AND DISCRETIONARY DECISIONMAKING BY BAIL SETTING AUTHORITIES TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION....ELW