Word: bails
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enemy is far too big (the $80 billion drug industry is three times the size of IBM), law enforcement is far too limited (the country has 50% more fugitives who have jumped bail on drug charges than it has narcotics agents), and the efforts of various agencies have been uncoordinated. In an attempt to bring some coherence to the crusade, the Reagan Administration has decided to regroup its drug-fighting troops and call in reinforcements...
Proposals include changes in federal laws that would eliminate bail in some cases, allow the participation of the military in fighting crime, loosen restrictions on the use of income tax and bank records, and fold the Drug Enforcement Administration into the FBI. Furthermore, TIME has learned, plans are being made to resume the spraying of paraquat, a lethal herbicide, on marijuana fields-not only abroad, but in the U.S. as well...
...long as their cash flow remains relatively unimpeded-the DEA seized only $3 million last year-big-time drug dealers will not worry much about being arrested. They can easily post million-dollar bails and walk away never to be seen again (TIME, July 6). The forfeited bail is considered a normal business expense...
This is the reason the Administration is seeking legislation that would allow judges to deny bail to defendants who seem likely to jump...
...outside the county jail in Waukegan, Ill., last month, Attorney Charles Wilson tried to console Roger Hubbard, 36. Hubbard's wife Carol, 30, who was five months pregnant, was being held in jail on charges stemming from a shoplifting case, and Hubbard could not afford the $23,000 bail. Wilson explained that since he had defended a man charged in the same case, it would be a conflict of interest for him to represent Carol. How, then, to get her out of jail...