Amendment 1 adds a list of serious crimes other than capital offenses for which a defendant can be held without bail before trial. With 61% of the vote in shortly before 11 p.m., the amendment had 858,064 yes votes to 212,511 no votes. alpolitics
on a $280,000 bond after being charged with kidnapping, robbery and attempted murder from a January 2019 incident in Montgomery.
Amendment 1 adds murder, kidnapping in the first degree, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual torture, domestic violence in the first degree, human trafficking in the first degree, burglary in the first degree, arson in the first degree, robbery in the first degree, terrorism, and aggravated abuse of a child under age 6 as charges for which a defendant could be held without bail.
Prosecutors can request a pretrial hearing to ask the judge to hold a defendant without bail. The accused could be represented by a lawyer and could testify, call witnesses, and cross-examine witnesses. The judge will rule within 48 hours of the hearing on whether to deny bail.National Conference of State Legislatures,
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