Tougher Bail Ok'd for Deportation Risks ; Some Immigrants Will Have to Pay Full Amount in Cash

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › April 22, 2009

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Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi says he has gotten tougher bail terms for inmates at the Morris County Jail who may escape prosecution for serious crimes through deportation.

Bianchi says his office began requesting the tougher bail terms in state Superior Court earlier this year, after a Honduran illegal immigrant who was charged with sexual assault of a child posted 10 percent of a $75,000 bail and came close to being deported without facing the charges.

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Tougher Bail Ok'd for Deportation Risks ; Some Immigrants Will Have to Pay Full Amount in Cash

The prosecutor said that the bail terms for several inmates -- he did not have the exact number immediately available -- were altered from...

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