Proclamation 3705—Red Cross Month, 1966
02/23/1966
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Our Nation stands today at the threshold of a new era in our system of criminal justice.
Because of the bail system, the scales of justice have been weighted for almost two centuries not with fact, nor law, nor mercy.
In the words of the act, 'A man, regardless of his financial status--shall not needlessly be detained . . . when detention serves neither th...
We know it is written that, 'Everything living was created from water.'