SOC322H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Bail Bondsman, Ball Park Franks, Listeria Monocytogenes
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Kids for cash scandal - 20/20 - 2009 https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=2zb8i6ftpu0. Concern with pre-trial detention arose in canada in the 1960s: friedland"s study published in 1965 showed that a greater number of individuals were being detained before trial than afterwards. Friedland also took issue with use of bail bondsmen - third party individuals that could post bail on behalf of the accused (under the old system the cash needed to be provided up front). Bail bondsmen were seen as making the ultimate decision over the accused"s freedom. Friedland suggested moving to a non cash system and removal of bail bonsdmen. Bail reform act becomes law in 1972 with a philosophy of enhanced civil liberties and a focus on restraint in the use of pre-trial detention. The police were provided with vast new powers of release. The bail reform act also stipulated specific criteria for the determination of an accused person"s suitability for release. Detention was to be justified under the following grounds:
