Criminal
Aug. 27, 2016
Do as DOJ says, not as it does
What is surprising, and what is not mentioned in the many federal filings by the DOJ, is that the practical impact of the Bail Reform Act in federal courts results in the very harm that the DOJ criticizes in state practice. By Jeffrey A. Aaron
Jeffrey A. Aaron
Public Defender
Mendocino County Public Defender's Office
3801 University Ave Ste 700
Riverside , CA 92501
Phone: (951) 276-6346
Fax: (951) 276-6368
Email: Jeffrey_Aaron@fd.org
Rutgers Univ SOL; Camden NJ
Jeffrey is a certified specialist in criminal law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.
In the last several years, the United States, through the Department of Justice, has busily policed the uses and abuses of fines and financial penalties on indigent persons in state courts. In tandem with these efforts, the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ has also been examining the state court pretrial detention of indigents who cannot afford bond. There are a number of states where the U.S. has intervened to rebuke state and...
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