| United States. Congress. Senate. District of Columbia - 1967 - 612 pages
...the Judiciary Act of 1789, 2 years before the Amendment was ratified. The Judiciary Act provided that "upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be...admitted, except where the punishment may be death." " The meaning of the Amendment, nevertheless, has been much debated. It is argued that the Amendment... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1969 - 848 pages
...provided for bail at some level in all but capital offenses. The pertinent portion reads as follows : And upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall...admitted, except where the punishment may be death, in which cases It shall not be admitted but by the supreme or a circuit court, or by a justice of the... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia - Crime - 1969 - 234 pages
...the Judiciary Act of 1789, 2 years before the Amendment was ratified. The Judiciary Act provided that "upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be...admitted, except where the punishment may be death." M The meaning of the Amendment, nevertheless, has been much debated. It is argued that the Amendment... | |
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