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Off Paper – Episode 4: Trends in Federal and State Pretrial Justice (Part 1 of 2)

Mark A. Sherman, Christine Dozier, Cherise Fanno Burdeen
October 19, 2017

The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from requiring a criminal defendant to pay "excessive bail" in order to get out of jail before trial. Nevertheless, nearly half a million people across the country are in pretrial detention.

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Off Paper - Episode 5: Trends in Federal and State Pretrial Justice (Part 2 of 2)

Mark A. Sherman, Christine Dozier, Cherise Fanno Burdeen
October 19, 2017

The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from requiring a criminal defendant to pay "excessive bail" in order to get out of jail before trial. Nevertheless, nearly half a million people across the country are in pretrial detention.

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