24 August 2004

Excessive bail shall not be required

Crime and Federalism points to excessive bail denying people their right to the counsel of their choice.

There's a story that passed around here a while back that there was a judge who set a significant bond and refused to appoint a defense attorney when the Defendant made bond but then couldn't afford an attorney. I was never able to determine whether it was apocryphal or not.

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