River Bender: Durbin, Lee, Coons Introduce Bipartisan Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act

“In our system of presumed innocence, a court should determine that pretrial detention is necessary based on individual circumstances, not blanket presumptions,” Coons said. “This narrow, commonsense bill would protect public safety while helping to address a pretrial detention rate that is wasting resources, increasing racial disparities, and leading to longer sentences. I thank Sens. Durbin and Lee for their leadership on this critical issue.”

The following organizations support the Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act: #cut50, a program of Dream Corps; ACLU; American Conservative Union; Americans for Prosperity; Americans for Tax Reform; Black Public Defender Association; Drug Policy Alliance; Due Process Institute; Fair Trials; FAMM; Federal Public and Community Defenders; FreedomWorks; Innocence Project; Justice Roundtable; Justice Action Network; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Legal Aid and Defender Association; Prison Fellowship; R Street Institute; Right on Crime; The Sentencing Project; and Tzedek Association.

https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/durbin-lee-coons-introduce-bipartisan-smarter-pretrial-detention-for-drug-charges-act-44341.cfm

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SENATORS DURBIN, LEE, AND COONS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO ELIMINATE PRETRIAL DETENTION FOR NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENSES & HELP STOP SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN PRISONS