They fought, at great personal risk, for a world of peace--a world that might become, however slowly, worthy of the huma...
If a judge is given adequate information, he, the judge, can determine that many defendants can be released without any ...
This measure does not restrict the power of the courts to detain dangerous persons in capital cases or after conviction.
The principal purpose of bail is to insure that an accused person will return for trial, if he is released after arrest.
A man, regardless of his financial status--shall not needlessly be detained . . . when detention serves neither the ends...
Our Nation stands today at the threshold of a new era in our system of criminal justice.
I am proud now, as a major step forward, to sign the Bail Reform Act of 1966 into the law of the land.
This system has endured--archaic, unjust, and virtually unexamined--ever since the Judiciary Act of 1789.
We can begin to insure that defendants are considered as individuals--and not as dollar signs.
In the words of the act, 'A man, regardless of his financial status--shall not needlessly be detained . . . when detenti...
They will return faithfully for trial.
He stays in jail for one reason only--he stays in jail because he is poor.
Because of the bail system, the scales of justice have been weighted for almost two centuries not with fact, nor law, no...
Modern technology has come to our aid.
We, too, are seeking ways to purify water at a price that men can afford.
Your presence here this evening is an occasion we have long anticipated.
It is a very welcome and a very vivid reminder of the bonds of friendship which exist between our two countries.
As a long recognized champion of these basic principles of constructive human conduct, we are very proud and quite privi...
