BAIL IN CAPITAL CASES

• NCJ Number: 26096
• Journal: Chicago Bar Record Volume: 56 Issue: 3 Dated: (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1974) Pages: 154-156,158-161
• Author(s): P BAKAKOS
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Chicago Bar Assoc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXAMINATION OF WHETHER, IN CASES OF OFFENSES NO LONGER CARRYING THE DEATH PENALTY, BAIL MAY BE DENIED UNDER STATE LAWS MANDATING ALL OFFENSES BAILABLE EXCEPT CAPITAL ONES FOR WHICH PROOF IS EVIDENT OR PRESUMPTION GREAT.

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE ANALYZES RULINGS OF STATE SUPREME COURTS (KANSAS, NEW JERSEY, CALIFORNIA, AND PARTICULARLY ILLINOIS) ON THIS ISSUE IN LIGHT OF THE 1972 SUPREME COURT DECISION IN FURMAN V. GEORGIA, WHICH INVALIDATED THE DEATH PENALTY AS THEN APPLIED.