• Gottfredson and Gottfredson consider pretrial release decisions as one of the most important issues of concern in their book. After reading the quote from the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice on page 79, please discuss the implications of pretrial release decisions. What does release mean for a person charged with a crime? What does it mean to the community? What did the Commission note as needing to be balanced? How do you feel about pretrial release? Should people who are yet to be convicted of crimes deserve incarceration pretrial? Explain.

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