COMMITTEE ON

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2721

TO ESTABLISH A FACT-REPORTING BAIL AGENCY IN COURTS
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MARCH 23, 1966

Printed for the use of the Committee on the District of Columbia

61-921 O

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1966

SITED BY THE

D STATES OF AMR

THOMAS J. MCINTYRE, New Hampshire, Chairman

PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado

WAYNE MORSE, Oregon

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ITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

Statement of—

Freed, Daniel, Acting Director, Office of Criminal Justice, U.S. De-

partment of Justice...

Greenhalgh, William, chairman, Subcommittee of the Criminal Law

Committee, District of Columbia Bar Associatión - - -

McArdle, Paul F., president, District of Columbia Bar Association

McCarthy, David J., Jr., assistant dean, Georgetown University

Law Center and chairman, Supervisory Committee, District of

Columbia Bail Project--.

Molleur, Richard R., director, District of Columbia Bail Project.

Robinson, W. A., Assistant Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia

Wald, Mrs. Patricia M., member, President's Commission on Crime

in the District of Columbia.

Written statement-

Freed, Daniel, Acting Director, Office of Criminal Justice, U.S. De-

partment of Justice...

McCarthy, David J., Jr., and Molleur, Richard R., supplementary

statement..

Text of bills-

S. 1357

S. 2721.

Letters, reports, and exhibits-

Danaher, Hon. John A., chairman for the conference committee on

bail problems, letter and attachments dated June 3, 1965, to Hon.

Alan Bible, recommending certain amendments to the bail statute__

District of Columbia bail project, second annual report (October 1,

1964, through September 30, 1965) -

District of Columbia bail project-1965 results (chart).

District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, Walter N. Tobriner,

President, letter dated March 30, 1966, to Hon. Alan Bible contain-

ing supplemental information as to the probable additional workload

and increase in costs which might result from inclusion within the

purview of the bill of all branches of the Court of General Sessions.

District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, Walter N. Tobriner,

President, letter dated April 19, 1966, to Hon. Alan Bible contain-

ing amendment proposed for Senate bill 2721.

Freed, Daniel J., Acting Director, Office of Criminal Justice, U.S. De-
partment of Justice, letter dated March 30, 1966, to Hon. Thomas
J. McIntyre in response to subcommittee request for proposed
amendments by Department of Justice to S. 2721..

McArdle, Paul F., president, the Bar Association of the District of

Columbia, letter dated April 13, 1966, to Hon. Alan Bible endorsing

S. 2721__

McGowan, Hon. Carl, U.S. circuit judge, U.S. court of appeals, letter

dated December 23, 1965, to Hon. Alan Bible urging favorable

action on bill S. 2721_

Morella, Anthony C., assistant dean, American University, Wash-

ington College of Law, letter dated January 5, 1966, to Hon. Alan

Bible urging favorable action on bill S. 2721....

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"Practical Results of Bail Reform," by David J. McCarthy, Jr.,

assistant dean, Georgetown Law Center, from the September 1965

issue of Federal Probation___.

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President Johnson's message to Congress on crime and law enforce-
ment in the United States, dated March 9, 1966, entitled "To En-
hance Justice in Our Courts," excerpt from.

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Letters, reports, and exhibits-Continued

The bail system of the District of Columbia. Report of the Commit-
tee on the Administration of Bail of the Junior Bar Association of the
Bar Association of the District of Columbia..
"The District of Columbia Bail Project: An Illustration of Experi-
mentation and a Brief for Change," by David J. McCarthy and
Jeanne J. Wahl, reprinted from the Georgetown Law Journal --
Tobriner, Hon. Walter N., President, District of Columbia Board of
Commissioners, letter dated March 22, 1966, to Hon. Alan Bible,
favoring bill S. 2721 with suggested amendments..
Washington Post editorial of December 1, 1965, entitled "Instead of
Bail"

Washington Star editorial of March 20, 1966, entitled "Successful
Experiment"

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