How does the law on bail balance the rights of the suspects against the need to protect society? (14marks) Bail is the temporary release of a defendant after a police interview where an important decision takes place on whether the defendant should stay in custody or whether bail should be granted. This essay will discuss how the law on bail balances the rights of the suspects against the need to protect society. The Bail Act 1976 clearly states bail may not be guaranteed if there are substantial
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Pinto’s zealous article‚ “The Bail Trap” emphasizes how people end up in jail for simply being unable to afford the cost of bail after being tried in court‚ and the effects jail has on the individuals afterwards. Pinto uses the story of Tyrone Tomlin throughout the piece to demonstrate the effects bail has on a person before they are put in to jail‚ while they are in jail‚ and life after jail. Thompsons story shows that though he was innocent but could not afford bail‚ he was still sent to Rikers
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If you need to obtain a bail bond in order to get yourself or someone you know out of jail‚ and you choose to use a bail bond company to help you pay the bond‚ you’ll want to make sure that you are working with a respectable bail bond company. Here are three tips that will help ensure that your bail bond transaction is above board. Make Sure They Are Licensed The first thing you should ask to see when working with a bail bond agency is their license. They should have a license that identifies them
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Portuguese Fiscal Policy Assessment Abstract: This work tries to do an overview of the Portuguese Fiscal situation ex-post the 2008 financial crisis. There is a short description of the GDP evolution and how it affected fiscal revenues and expenditures: revenues decreased with the crisis and then got up with taxes increasing and expenditures add an upward trend (from 2008-2010‚ for 2011 everything is projected). Moreover‚ we compute four types of fiscal balances (total‚ primary‚ adjusted from
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Violent Crimes Should Not Be Allowed To Post Bail People accused of violent crimes should not be allowed to post bail and remain out of jail while their trial is pending. There are many reasons to why I strongly agree with this statement. Many factors are unknown to the public without conducting some sort of extensive research. Whether it is simply reading in the paper about pending trials‚ or as complicated as researching previous trials. Bail is decided by a judge‚ and their lives are
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issue‚ and court holding of the case. In the case of United States v. Salerno‚ Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno was arrested on charges of numerous RICO violations‚ and detained without bail. This case determined that the Bail Reform Act of 1984 did not violated the Due Process clause of the Fifth Amendment nor the Excessive Bail clause of the Eighth Amendment. Salerno was indicted on 35 violations of the Racketeering‚ Influence and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) act that included mail and wire fraud‚ criminal
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#4 –– Is everyone entitled to bail? Under what circumstances might one not be entitled to bail? Bail is an important component within the criminal justice system and is historically rooted in common law culture since the late 1600’s in New England. The process of bail is the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial. The individual awaiting trial is released when another citizen has the ability to post bail by providing the court with enough money to serve as collateral for the defendant’s
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court until their first appearance of a magistrate or judge of the court. When they are brought before a judge they are given a copy of their charges‚ be advised of their rights‚ they get the opportunity to get a lawyer or their own‚ then here come the bail which they will try to make. Any time u takes a person into custody he must be offer a court appearance before a magistrate without delay. That amendment was put in effect in nineteen forty three by the U.S. Supreme Court case of McNabb v. U.S.
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prohibits high bail or excessive fines against the defendant. However‚ it has also been deemed Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States (according to the Eighth Amendment) to inflict physical damage on students in a school environment for the purpose of discipline in most circumstances. Also‚ The 14th Amendment acts as a binder that holds the clauses of the 8th amendment and what the government can and cannot do to the citizens of the United States. Breakdown of the Excessive Bail/ Fine
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