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Summary
This document is a court transcript from July 24, 2019, where a speaker identified as Mr. Weinberg argues against the imposition of monetary bail conditions. He supports his position by referencing the federal Bail Reform Act of 1984, a similar movement in Massachusetts, and a broader societal shift away from the overcriminalization policies of the 1980s. Weinberg contends that defendants should not be incarcerated simply because they are unable to pay bail.
People (2)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| MR. WEINBERG | Speaker (likely an attorney) |
Speaking before the court, arguing against monetary bail conditions.
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| Warren | Chief Justice (implied) |
Mentioned in the context of the "Warren Court", a period in U.S. judicial history.
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| THE COURT | government agency |
The judicial body being addressed by Mr. Weinberg.
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| Commonwealth of Massachusetts | government agency |
Mentioned as Mr. Weinberg's home state, where there is a movement to stop monetary bail conditions.
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| Boston Globe | company |
A newspaper where Mr. Weinberg reads about the movement against monetary bail conditions.
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| Congress | government agency |
Mentioned as disapproving of jailing individuals for inability to pay bail, in the context of the Bail Reform Act.
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| Warren Court | government agency |
A historical period of the U.S. Supreme Court mentioned by Mr. Weinberg as a time when the criminal justice system wa...
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | company |
The court reporting agency that transcribed the proceedings.
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Timeline (3 events)
1980s
A period characterized by overcriminalization, overimprisonment, the war on crime, and the war on drugs.
2019-07-24
A court proceeding where Mr. Weinberg is presenting arguments to the Court regarding pretrial conditions.
Courtroom (implied)
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Mentioned as the location of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Mr. Weinberg's state.
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Relationships (1)
Mr. Weinberg is formally addressing 'THE COURT' in a legal proceeding, indicating an attorney-judge relationship.
Key Quotes (2)
"Congress disapproves of locking someone up because there's a $500 bail that they can't make."Source
— MR. WEINBERG
(Arguing that the Bail Reform Act of 1984 shows legislative intent against jailing people for their inability to pay.)
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"I think there is almost the reaction to the excess, the overcriminalization, the overimprisonment that characterized the 1980's and the war on crime and the war on drugs."Source
— MR. WEINBERG
(Providing historical context for a modern trend of reversing excessive criminal justice policies.)
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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 36 Filed 07/24/19 Page 59 of 74 59
1 MR. WEINBERG: I do understand, but it's the
2 complexity and the magnitude of the pretrial preparation, not
3 just the sentencing consequences that requires us to put that
4 issue before the Court.
5 Second, I'm not here to say there should be those kind
6 of monetary conditions. I know, at least in my state, the
7 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, there's a movement that I read
8 regularly about in the Boston Globe -- maybe it's similar
9 here -- to stop that state practice.
10 THE COURT: It is.
11 MR. WEINBERG: Third, the Bail Reform Act, the federal
12 Bail Reform Act of 1984, has a provision saying that a
13 defendant should not be denied release based on their inability
14 to satisfy a monetary condition. So I think to some extent
15 Congress disapproves of locking someone up because there's a
16 $500 bail that they can't make.
17 I'm 73 years old. I grew up in the Warren Court
18 where life was different, and the criminal justice system got
19 politicized to some extent. I think there is almost the
20 reaction to the excess, the overcriminalization, the
21 overimprisonment that characterized the 1980's and the war on
22 crime and the war on drugs.
23 So I at least stand here, as someone with over 45
24 years of observation, and believe and hope that one of the
25 areas that we begin to reverse the excess is in keeping so many
2 complexity and the magnitude of the pretrial preparation, not
3 just the sentencing consequences that requires us to put that
4 issue before the Court.
5 Second, I'm not here to say there should be those kind
6 of monetary conditions. I know, at least in my state, the
7 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, there's a movement that I read
8 regularly about in the Boston Globe -- maybe it's similar
9 here -- to stop that state practice.
10 THE COURT: It is.
11 MR. WEINBERG: Third, the Bail Reform Act, the federal
12 Bail Reform Act of 1984, has a provision saying that a
13 defendant should not be denied release based on their inability
14 to satisfy a monetary condition. So I think to some extent
15 Congress disapproves of locking someone up because there's a
16 $500 bail that they can't make.
17 I'm 73 years old. I grew up in the Warren Court
18 where life was different, and the criminal justice system got
19 politicized to some extent. I think there is almost the
20 reaction to the excess, the overcriminalization, the
21 overimprisonment that characterized the 1980's and the war on
22 crime and the war on drugs.
23 So I at least stand here, as someone with over 45
24 years of observation, and believe and hope that one of the
25 areas that we begin to reverse the excess is in keeping so many
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
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