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The Bail Reform Act created in 1789 went through many changes to become the Bail Reform Act of 1984, which is still followed by bail bonding companies like All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita today.
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The U.S. Congress passed the first major referendum to the Bail Reform Act since it was first passed in 1966 with the goal of allowing for the release of defendants with as small a financial burden as possible.
The 1966 act was highly criticized within the District of Columbia after a considerable amount of people who were accused of violent crimes committed additional crimes when released on their own personal recognizance, and then released yet again afterward.
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As a result, the Judicial Council committee began considering the potential dangerousness of defendants in all cases in determining conditions for release.
The District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 allowed judges to consider dangerousness and risk of flight when settling bail in non-capital cases.
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The criticism within the District of Columbia led to the Bail Reform Act being revised once again in 1984 to help overturn discrimination against the poor, but the reform had a loophole that allowed many dangerous suspects to receive bail as long as they didn’t appear to be flight risks.
As a result, the act was revised yet again, stating that defendants should be held until trial if they’re deemed a dangerous threat to the community and that those who were eligible for bail had to have a bail hearing.
In addition, it created new restrictions on who could be held with or without bail — anyone charged with serious crimes, repeat offenders, flight risks, and dangerous threats were no longer guaranteed bail.
Ed. Note: This article is a KHTS Feature story based on a recent interview with All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita.
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