mirror-epstein-docs/results/IMAGES001/DOJ-OGR-00000447.json

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  "full_text": "Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 24 Filed 07/16/19 Page 3 of 9\n\nHon. Richard M. Berman\nJuly 16, 2019\nPage 3\n\nThat cannot be the law. Such a construction turns the statute's plain text - expressly providing that the presumption is \"[s]ubject to rebuttal,\" and otherwise mandating bail on the \"least restrictive\" conditions that reasonably assure the defendant's presence and community safety - on its head. It defies legislative intent. It thwarts the presumption of innocence. And it violates the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth amendment rights to due process, counsel, a defense and equal protection, not to mention the Eighth Amendment guarantee of bail - all based on a suspect if not invidious classification. To be sure, wealthy defendants do not deserve preferential treatment. But they certainly shouldn't be singled out for worse treatment - in effect, categorically disqualified from bail, at least in a presumption case - on the basis of their net worth.\n\nSecond, it bears emphasis that the presumption is hardly an insurmountable bar to release in a § 1591 prosecution.3 To the contrary,\n\n3 E.g., US v. Brinson, No. 13-CR-04-GKF, 2013 WL 11305792 (N.D. Okla. Feb. 8, 2013); US v. Afyare, No. 3:10-cr-00260, 2011 WL 1397820 (M.D. Tenn. April 13, 2011); US v. Gardner, 523 F. Supp. 2d 1025 (N.D. Cal. 2007).\n\nDOJ-OGR-00000447",
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      "content": "That cannot be the law. Such a construction turns the statute's plain text - expressly providing that the presumption is \"[s]ubject to rebuttal,\" and otherwise mandating bail on the \"least restrictive\" conditions that reasonably assure the defendant's presence and community safety - on its head. It defies legislative intent. It thwarts the presumption of innocence. And it violates the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth amendment rights to due process, counsel, a defense and equal protection, not to mention the Eighth Amendment guarantee of bail - all based on a suspect if not invidious classification. To be sure, wealthy defendants do not deserve preferential treatment. But they certainly shouldn't be singled out for worse treatment - in effect, categorically disqualified from bail, at least in a presumption case - on the basis of their net worth.",
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      "content": "Second, it bears emphasis that the presumption is hardly an insurmountable bar to release in a § 1591 prosecution.3 To the contrary,",
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      "content": "3 E.g., US v. Brinson, No. 13-CR-04-GKF, 2013 WL 11305792 (N.D. Okla. Feb. 8, 2013); US v. Afyare, No. 3:10-cr-00260, 2011 WL 1397820 (M.D. Tenn. April 13, 2011); US v. Gardner, 523 F. Supp. 2d 1025 (N.D. Cal. 2007).",
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