Cops and prosecutors in the District want to send a message to the 9,000 criminal defendants who are free while awaiting trial: Comply with pretrial release orders, or risk going back to jail on new charges. Led by U.S. Attorney Wilma Lewis, a group of criminal justice leaders is working on a coordinated plan they say will fix cracks in the system that have endangered public safety. The initiative is being carried out over the objections that the plan is both extraordinary and unwarranted.
June 21, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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Cops and prosecutors in the District want to send a message to the 9,000criminal defendants who are free while awaiting trial: Comply with pretrialrelease orders, or risk going back to jail on new charges.
Led by U.S. Attorney Wilma Lewis, a group of criminal justice leaders isworking on a coordinated plan they say will fix cracks in the system thathave endangered public safety.
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