Pre-Trial Detention Rules: Higher Bar for Non-Citizens' Release.
This bill significantly changes pre-trial detention rules for individuals who are neither U.S. citizens nor lawful permanent residents (LPRs). It creates an automatic assumption that these defendants pose a serious flight risk and a danger to the community. To be released before trial, they must provide clear evidence to overcome this presumption, and having family or a job in the U.S. will no longer be valid grounds for rebuttal.
Key points
Automatic presumption of flight risk and danger for non-citizens and non-LPRs accused of a crime.
These individuals must provide clear and convincing evidence to rebut this presumption and secure pre-trial release.
Ties to family or employment in the United States cannot be used as evidence to argue against detention.
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