Bail

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  • Bail
    • Describe (A)
      • Pre-trial matter, before trial held defendant can either
        • Remand in Custody' Remand wing'
        • Remand on Bail
      • Police Bail
        • By Custody Officer
        • S.38 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE)
        • Can be refused if
          • Name & address is believed false
          • For suspects own or someone elses protection
          • Felt won't return
          • Will interfere with witness/ administraction of justice
          • Murder
      • Courts Bail
        • Presumption S4 Bail Act 1976
        • Refused
          • Won't return
          • Commit further offences
          • Interfere with witness/ obstruct course of justice
          • For their own intrest
        • 5 factors to consider when granting
          • Nature & seriousness of offence
          • Character & previous record
          • Family & community tires
          • Behaviour in past
          • Strength of evidence
      • Conditional Bail
        • The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
      • The Legal Aid Senentign and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO)
        • 'No real prospect test'
        • New Exception to bail in domestic violence cases
      • Further Restrictions
        • Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001
        • The Criminal Justic & Public Order Act 1994
          • Serious offenders
        • Criminal Justice Act 2003
          • Drug users with drug motivated offences
          • Defndants already on bail
    • Should it be granted (B)
      • For
        • Refusal = unfair deprivation of liberty
          • Article 5 ECHR
          • Many found not guilty receive no recompensation
          • 60% receive non custodial sentences
        • Adds to prison over crowding 25% remand prisoners
        • Can have detrimental effects on person
          • 50% suicides by those on remand
          • Can affect family/ job same as convicted criminal
      • Against
        • Home office figures     10% re-offend 12% fail to appear
        • Risk defendant will interfere with witness/obstruct course of justice
          • Shannon Matthews
        • For protection of society
          • Adam Swellings
          • Gary Weddell

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