Aniah's Law is an Alabama law, passed in 2019, that allows judges and prosecutors to request and deny bail for certain violent offenses including kidnapping, murder, rape, and aggravated child abuse.
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State-level statute governing when bail may be requested or denied for specified violent felonies.
Aniah's Law was passed in Alabama in 2019.
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State-level criminal-justice legislation in Alabama named 'Aniah's Law'.
Aniah's Law allows judges and prosecutors in Alabama to request and deny bail for offenses including kidnapping, murder, rape, and aggravated child abuse.
January 01, 2019
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Scope of offenses covered under Aniah's Law for bail-request and denial authority.
Aniah's Law gives judges authority to deny bail and to hold defendants in jail without bond when they are charged with certain serious crimes, including murder, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree rape, and first-degree robbery.
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Alabama statute that expands judicial authority over pretrial release for specified serious felonies.