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City of Baltimore, and I believe also in Montgomery and
Prince Georges County, with bail reform procedures and it
has been found beyond any doubt that people can be re-
leased, practically everyone who is jailed pending trial
could have been released had this principle obtained in
the practice and in the administration of justice.
THE CHAIRMAN: You have one-quarter of a minute,
Delegate Bothe.
DELEGATE BOTHE: I would very briefly like to
answer Delegate Scanlan. I don't know where he gets this
picture which he gave you of people opposing the bail re-
form program in the District of Columbia, because of the
recidivism problem.
THE CHAIRMAN: Your time has expired. You may
finish your sentence if you want to.
DELEGATE BOTHE: I think I can put it all in
one sentence if my breath is up to it.
THE CHAIRMAN: All right.
DELEGATE BOTHE: An investigation which was
made by the American Bar Association in an effort to make
recommendations to the body of that organization on the