Search Results for pretrial detention

...Christine S. Scott-Hayward; Connie Ireland Abstract Decades of research on the impact of pretrial detention demonstrates that pretrial detention has consistent negative impacts on case outcomes. In particular, in the federal system, detained defendants are more likely to be sentenced to prison...

...Jon Wool Abstract New Orleans in 2011 finds itself facing many of the same problems New York City faced in 1961 when the founders of the Vera Institute of Justice launched the Manhattan Bail Project: Too many people are held in pretrial detention who could be released without risk to public safety...

... criminal behavior one, two, and three years after defendants’ exit from the program. The results highlight the potential effectiveness of ATI programs in reducing both pretrial detention and post-sentence incarceration without expense to community safety. We emphasize the need for further research...

...Christopher Stone Abstract The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem (NDS) opened its doors in 1990, hoping to demonstrate the benefits of a community-based, team-based public defender that began representation from the moment of arrest, or even earlier. Although pretrial detention time...

.../detention decision has been an important focus of policy makers and researchers for some time.3 Pretrial decisions have two overarching purposes: to prevent any new criminal activity by the defendant before case resolution, and to ensure a defendant s appearance in court. When these decisions are made...

... use of pretrial detention. Those detained pretrial face a far greater likelihood of ultimately being found guilty, sentenced to prison, and given a longer sentence. According to a Princeton University study, a defendant detained ahead of their trial date is 15.6 percent more likely to be found guilty...

... the community, pretrial detention withholds this opportunity and its bene ts. The Federal Bail Reform Act, as well as Pretrial Services Agencies and Of cers, provide the framework and structure that enable federal Magistrate Judges and District Judges to make those bene ts possible. As a starting point, release...

... A. Pretrial Detention and Private Bail Bonds Considerable scholarly work has demonstrated the harmful effects of pretrial decision-making. Individuals subject to pretrial detention are more likely to plead guilty,2 have a greater likelihood of conviction,3 face longer sentence lengths,4 are at an increased...

... review of their pretrial detention, sentencing and correctional systems, to identify modiÞcations that can be made in those systems to improve their cost-effectiveness, in conformance with public safety needs and constitutional requirements; and FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges...

... on efforts to reduce admissions to prison for new convictions or re-entry, including the reduction of unnecessary arrests, to eliminate unnecessary pretrial detention, to reclassify drug and other crimes, to eliminate mandatory minimums, to eliminate revocations to prison, and to require racial impact...

... responsible for the execution of all criminal sentences and pretrial detentions in Norway. Its rst decade was characterized by multiple challenges. For example, a major recidivism study conducted by Statistics Norway, in which sentenced offenders were followed for ve years after their sentence ended, showed...

...) to offer a defendant. A. Pretrial Detention Pretrial detention is a powerful lever of coercive plea bargaining for the simple reason that someone who is locked up pending trial is likely to be fairly miserable and will have substantial dif culty assisting in his defense.19 Among other things, it is far...

..., increasing the right of defendants to exculpatory information prior to deciding whether to plead guilty, limiting 242 FEDERAL SENTENCING REPORTER VOL. 31, NO. 4-5 APRIL/JUNE 2019 the use of pretrial detention, increasing the evidence gathering and case development process by both the prosecution...

... in the hands of the prosecutor. The rst decision that correlates directly with case outcome is bail. If prosecutors argue for pretrial detention based on the defendant presenting either a ight risk or a danger to others, judges tend to follow that demand. In many cases, however, prosecutors request cash bail...

... to pretrial, pre-sentencing release en route to a potential ATI disposition.13 As former U.S. Chief Pretrial Supervision Of cer Chris Dozier rightly concludes, alternatives to detention go hand in hand with alternatives to incarceration, and pretrial release has a signi cant impact on sentencing and beyond...

..., both Judges Carr and Adelman have turned their attention to another, more currently pressing, sentencing issue. In his new essay written for this FSR issue, Judge Carr addresses his views on the over-reliance on pretrial detention and its relationship to the perpetuation of mass incarceration...

.... Nevertheless, despite his arrest, Haynes EMT training served him well when he used it to save the life of another inmate while in pretrial detention on these very charges. See Exh. E to Def. s Sentencing Mem. 3 (document # 77-6). At the time of sentencing, Haynes had already served approximately thirteen...

... (if they are judges) and recommendations (if they are of cers) that are intentionally responsive to individual behavior at three key decision points in criminal cases: the initial pretrial release and detention decision; a hearing to review pretrial release conditions and determine whether a person is in violation...

... length would require reliable income information, which is not always available. Maria McBride,8 Paula Xinis,9 and Judge Paul Friedman10 all pointed out that under the Bail Reform Act of 1984,11 a defendantÕs wealth should not, and does not, impact pretrial detention. However, the Bail Reform Act creates...

... levels. Jail expansion is not the only answer. B. Pretrial Detention and Bail Another emerging issue concerns efforts to address one of the major contributors to jail overcrowding in California. Throughout the state, 71 percent of jail beds are lled with pretrial detainees, who range from very low...