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- In procedural law: Pretrial detention
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- In Eighth Amendment

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Jerry Norton
Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: Government of Canada - Fact Sheet: The Bail Process.	Yamini Chauhan	Dec 27, 2024
	Add new Web site: Government of Canada - Fact Sheet: The Bail Process.	Yamini Chauhan	Dec 27, 2024
	Article revised and updated.	Kathleen Kuiper Jerry Norton	Nov 16, 2011
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - People - How Bail Works.	Shiveta Singh	Dec 23, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998