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The Pretrial Release Procedure in U.S.A.

There are many pre-trial procedures in U.S.A these include arraignments, grand jury investigation, bail, plea-bargaining negotiation. Many important decisions about what happens to a defendant are made prior to trial. Hearings, such as before the grand jury and the preliminary hearing, are held to determine if probable cause exists to charge the accused with a crime. If so, the defendant is arraigned, enters a plea, is informed of his or her constitutional rights, particularly the right to the assistance of counsel, and is considered for pretrial diversion. Bail is a key of pre-trial release systems. The use of money bail and other alternatives, such as release on recognizance, allows most defendants to be free pending their trial. Bail provisions are beginning to be toughened, resulting in the preventive detention of people awaiting trial. preventive detention has been implemented because many believe that significant numbers of criminals violate their bail. the Bail Reform Acts of 1984, mandated that no defendants shall be kept in pretrial detention simply because they cannot afford money bail, established the presumption for ROR(Release on recognizance) in all cases in which a person is bailable, and formalized restrictive preventive detention provisions. Todays, criminal defendants released without bail and those who commit crimes awaiting trial fuel the constant debate over pretrial release versus community protection.