How effective has that been?
When I was District Attorney, there was a lot of corruption in the bail system, implicated with a magisterial system where there were shake-...
So with that tremendous number of additional people who have jumped bail around the country, State and local, it seems the Federal Governmen...
In Philadelphia, the defendants know that there is no certainty.
But we ought to explore ways of implementing trial by absentia, which would put people on notice that they can't game the system and have wi...
We've talked about, extensively, the fugitive problem, some comments about the intimidation of witnesses.
Well, it's a pretty big omission, not to register the fugitives with the national system.
Isn't the practical effect of not reporting to the national clearinghouse fugitives really knowing the system, gaming the system, remaining ...
Do you think it's too tough to subject grandma to the possible loss of her home?
Well, I believe that for the most part the sentencing is not the issue when it comes to our fugitive problem.
So the statute does allow for increasing the penalty which is prescribed by statute for an offense?
the efforts that Senator Biden made to have Federal funding and Federal grants ought to be carried forward.
What happens to the person who has skipped bail? Is there an additional penalty, an additional charge?
Well, I understand the problems that the Clerk of Quarter Sessions has, Ms. Vivian Miller. She's your superior, right?
It would be, probably, technical if you have a colloquy and you say, if you fail to show up, do you hereby waive your right to a jury trial?
Would you recommend to a city like Philadelphia that they go back to commercial bail?
How successful was it?
Are you aware of the audit of the Office of Clerk of Quarter Sessions just released this week for the years 2007 and 2008?
