PRINTER'S NO.  365

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

366

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, BOSCOLA, ALLOWAY, COSTA, EARLL, GREENLEAF AND M. WHITE, FEBRUARY 20, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 20, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

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Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for

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right to bail.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 5701 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

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§ 5701.  Right to bail.

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All prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties,

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unless:

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(1)  for capital offenses or for offenses for which the

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maximum sentence is life imprisonment; or

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(2)  no condition or combination of conditions other than

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imprisonment will reasonably assure the safety of any person

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and the community when the proof is evident or presumption

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great. [Excessive bail shall not be required.]

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.