Friday, July 10, 2009

Pretrial release programs have no financial responsibility for defendants who fail to appear or become fugitives, nor to they attempt to apprehend them. Many Pretrial Release programs are governed by an Administrative Order that allows jail staff to release defendants before ever seeing a Judge. The level of supervision and interaction with a defendant released through a Pretrial Release program is starkly different from someone released on a bail bond.

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