What is the current state of the law on bail for a man accused of a violent crime?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from In re Humphrey, 11 Cal.5th 135, 276 Cal.Rptr.3d 232, 482 P.3d 1008 (Cal. 2021):

adjudicate guilt or innocence is yet to occur will prove all but impossible. A court making these determinations should focus instead on risks to public or victim safety or to the integrity of the judicial process that are reasonably likely to occur. (See Stack v. Boyle (1951) 342 U.S. 1, 8, 72 S.Ct. 1, 96 L.Ed. 3 (conc. opn. of Jackson, J.) ["Admission to bail always involves a risk that the accused will take flight. That is a calculated risk which the law takes as the price of our system of justice"]; cf. Salerno , supra , 481 U.S. at p. 751, 107 S.Ct. 2095 [discussing an arrestee's "identified and articulable threat to an individual or the community"].)

[11 Cal.5th 155]

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