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The Expansive Reach Of Pretrial Detention, Paul Heaton
The Expansive Reach Of Pretrial Detention, Paul Heaton
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Today we know much more about the effects of pretrial detention than we did even five years ago. Multiple empirical studies have emerged that shed new light on the far-reaching impacts of bail decisions made at the earliest stages of the criminal adjudication process. The takeaway from this new generation of studies is that pretrial detention has substantial downstream effects on both the operation of the criminal justice system and on defendants themselves, causally increasing the likelihood of a conviction, the severity of the sentence, and, in some jurisdictions, defendants’ likelihood of future contact with the criminal justice system. Detention …
Boots And Bail On The Ground: Assessing The Implementation Of Misdemeanor Bail Reforms In Georgia, Andrea Woods, Sandra G. Mayson, Lauren Sudeall, Guthrie Armstrong, Anthony Potts
Boots And Bail On The Ground: Assessing The Implementation Of Misdemeanor Bail Reforms In Georgia, Andrea Woods, Sandra G. Mayson, Lauren Sudeall, Guthrie Armstrong, Anthony Potts
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This Article presents a mixed-methods study of misdemeanor bail practice across Georgia in the wake of reform. We observed bail hearings and interviewed system actors in a representative sample of fifty-five counties in order to assess the extent to which pretrial practice conforms to legal standards clarified in Senate Bill 407 and Walker v. Calhoun. We also analyzed jail population data published by county jails and by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. We found that a handful of counties have made promising headway in adhering to law and best practices, but that the majority have some distance to …
National Criminal Justice Caucus Presentation 09-22-2017_11-11-33-184.Zip, Jennifer Levy-Tatum
National Criminal Justice Caucus Presentation 09-22-2017_11-11-33-184.Zip, Jennifer Levy-Tatum
Jennifer W. Levy-Tatum
Mcmanus V. Horn: The Legality Of Setting A Single Form Of Bail, Maureen Wynne
Mcmanus V. Horn: The Legality Of Setting A Single Form Of Bail, Maureen Wynne
Touro Law Review
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