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justice has been founded, and to make this exception, I
know a number of persons who have been arrested, many of
them on circumstantial evidence, and charged with a capita]
offense, and they have been later found innocent, and a
number of these persons who have been found guilty were
hampered in finding witnesses to clear themselves because
they were held in jail and bail was not available. It
seems to me unfortunately it is the rule, not the excep-
tion, unfortunately there is the trend that when a man is
charged, there is a presumption that he is guilty in the
manner of setting bail, and I am opposed to this excep-
tion, except in cases punishable by death or life imprison-
ment.
The accused is only charged with a crime. He
hasn't been proven guilty, and I think this runs contrary
to our whole system, and, therefore, that is why I voted
against it in committee, because I thought it was an un-
fair and unjust exception, and it is still here in the
document, but I am for the principle included in the rest
of Section B,and if I vote for it this time, it will be in
the hope that an amendment will be offered to eliminate