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James L. Lacy

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An Evaluation of the Booking Through Arraignment Processing of Brooklyn Arrests in the Brooklyn Criminal Court

This 1971 Vera report evaluates a new and controversial pre-arraignment processing facility in Brooklyn, created to save court time for police and complainants by permitting People's witnesses to swear their complaints before arraignment and then excusing them from appearance at arraignment. Recommends improvements for the overall booking-through-a ...

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James L. Lacy

July 31, 1971

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The Calendar Control Project in Bronx Criminal Court

Final Report

This is the 1969 final report of Vera's Calendar Control Project. The goal of the project was to test whether cases in Bronx Criminal Court that would be adjourned on the court date could be identified in advance and adjourned by telephone on consent of both sides, thereby saving unnecessary court appearances on the original date. In addition, the ...

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