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"The court unanimously affirmed late last month that the California state constitution gives most people accused of crimes a right to pretrial release, and that judges cannot make that right meaningless by setting bail at an amount that the person can prove is financially impossible for them to meet. The court also held that if prosecutors want someone held in jail, they must show that the case fits within the state constitution’s limited and specific “no-bail” categories — mostly involving violent offenses — and a judge must hold a hearing before such an order can be made.", The Marshall Project

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