Because of the bail system, the scales of justice have been weighted for almost two centuries not with fact, nor law, nor mercy.
Lyndon Johnson: “Because of the bail system, the scales of justice have been weighted for almost two centuries not with fact, nor law…”
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Remarks at the Signing of the Bail Reform Act of 1966
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