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Lyndon Johnson: “This measure does not restrict the power of the courts to detain dangerous persons in capital cases or after conviction.”

On the recordJune 21, 1966
This measure does not restrict the power of the courts to detain dangerous persons in capital cases or after conviction.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Bail Reform Act of 1966

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