Criminal Defendants on Trial – Motions For Pre-Trial Release
The Right to Pre-Trial Release There is no right to bail created by the U.S. Constitution. The Eighth Amendment states that “Excessive bail shall not be required…” but it does not create the right to bail. In Stack v. Boyle, 342 US 1, 72 S.Ct. 1(1951), the U.S. Supreme Court held that there is no…