History of a Bail Bond

Bail Reform Act of 1966

From 1789 to 1966 bail law in the United States remained largely unchanged. In 1966 the U.S. Congress passed the   Bail Reform Act  which allowed for the release of defendants with a small as possible financial burden.

 

President Lyndon Johnson gave a speech that contained instances of how the past bail system had hurt innocent people in the past and proceeded to sign the bill. The bail system of the United States was changed to stop bias against largely poor or uneducated people filling jails while they should’ve been out on bail.

 

Bail Reform Act of 1984

In 1984 the next major revision to the United States Bail Law came with the Bail Reform Act of 1984, which replaced the Bail Reform Act of 1966. One of the problems with the 1966 Bail Reform Act was that it allowed many dangerous suspects to receive bail as long as they weren’t considered a flight risk.

 

The 1984 reformed law states that defendants should be held until trial if they are judged to be a danger to the community. It also established categories of defendants who could be held without bail. These defendants are those who have been charged with serious crimes or are repeat offenders, possibly dangerous, and those who may be a flight risk. The last piece of the Bail Reform Act of 1984 was that anyone who was eligible for bail had to have a bail hearing.

 

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