
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, February 7, 1994                   TAG: 9402070093
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

3 PERCENT CHARGED IN NEW CRIME BEFORE TRIAL

Three percent of federal defendants released while awaiting felony trials are arrested again for a new crime, the Justice Department said Sunday.

Half of those new crimes are felonies, and half are lesser offenses, according to a study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The bureau looked at 44,113 defendants interviewed by federal pretrial service agencies during 1990 and data from state felony courts.

Before trial, federal courts release 43 percent of defendants charged with a violent offense. State courts let 63 percent of those charged with violence go free until trial. - Associated Press

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