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...only fired the shots, but also made three threatening telephone calls to a Martin aide to bolster the satanic cult story. The next day Texas Rangers found Martin hiding in a stereo cabinet in his mother's house and arrested him on an old assault charge. Free on bail, Martin denies everything. The grand jury will hear more evidence this week. If Martin is charged, it will probably be with a misdemeanor. Two possibilities: reckless conduct and making a false statement to police...
...federal panel urges more jails, tighter bail...
...recommendation that stands the best chance of being passed by Congress is bail reform. The task force suggests that judges be allowed to consider the "dangerousness" of a defendant before setting him free on bail; in general, judges are now supposed to base their bail decisions only on the likelihood that the accused will flee. Congress is also likely to be sympathetic toward the panel's recommendation that guidelines be set for sentencing and that parole be abolished. No longer would sentences vary wildly from judge to judge for similar crimes, and criminals serving lengthy prison terms would...
...good faith" when they seized evidence, it could still be introduced at trials-and the guilty would not go free. The task force also proposed limiting habeas corpus petitions, which allow prisoners to try repeatedly to get their convictions thrown out on constitutional grounds. Both recommendations, along with bail reform, have drawn heavy fire from civil libertarians. "It's a public relations fraud," complains Ira Glasser, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "They want to appear to be doing something about crime, but what they're really doing is fooling with the Constitution...
...Hyde, who joined Rep. Don Edwards (D-Cal.) in proposing the new bail-out provision, said this week that the compromise would encourage conservatives to drop their reservations about the Act and support its extension beyond next year...