I think a hybrid of appointment and direct election, I think, would be helpful in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Would there be any utility in having a separate offense or indicting for a separate criminal charge?
Because the appellate courts have upheld it. There is a constitutional right to a jury trial, so we can't change it by l...
There have been some suggestions of seeking family sureties with the home property as collateral. Do you think that is w...
Why should it take until May to start entering these fugitives in the national system?
We want to be helpful to you. You've got a big job and we want to help you carry it out.
So your point is, you've had insufficient funding to have the personnel to handle these problems?
The factual situation also, as reported, is that Philadelphia is owed $1 million in bail monies, but they cannot be coll...
Well, we will pursue it, Mr. Preski, as you say, with the individuals who are charged to try to find out where the laxit...
Two hundred and fifty thousand.
And how does that work?
Senator Durbin and Senator Elizabeth Dole had similar legislation.
So it's a breakdown nationally, not just Philadelphia. We've got a lot of company.
When was the decision made to start putting Philadelphia fugitives into the national system next May?
A $250 deposit?
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 whe...
So with that tremendous number of additional people who have jumped bail around the country, State and local, it seems t...
