ANTICRIME LEGISLATION-1967

80-853

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1509, S. 1510, S. 1513, S. 1516
H.R. 10783, and related Senate bills

APRIL 20, 21; JULY 24 AND 26, 1967

Printed for the use of the Committee on the District of Columbia

CONTENTS

Appendix....

I. TEXT OF BILLS

S. 484. To authorize the detention of certain persons charged in the District of Columbia with the commission of an offense punishable as a felony, and for other purposes-

S. 1509. Relating to the use of citations by the Metropolitan Police force
of the District of Columbia, in lieu of formal arrest, and for other
purposes.

Memorandum re, prepared by staff of Senate District of Columbia
Committee.......

"Summons or Citations," chapter 7, section II of the Report of the
President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia..
S. 1510. Relating to the obstruction of the administration of justice in the
District of Columbia by threats of force, and for other purposes.
Memorandum re, prepared by the staff of the Senate District of
Columbia Committee.

S. 1512. Relating to material witnesses in the District of Columbia..
S. 1513. To establish the Commission on Revision of the Criminal Laws of
the District of Columbia___

"Criminal Code Revision," chapter 7, section VII of the Report of
the President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia..
Memorandum re, prepared by the staff of the Senate District of
Columbia Committee..

S. 1516. Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to
supervise persons released into their custody in accordance with judicial
orders issued pursuant to section 3146 or 3148 of title 18, United States
Code; to authorize the District of Columbia Bail Agency to provide
reports to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia with respect
to any person released into the custody of the Commissioners pursuant
to section 3146 or 3148 of title 18, United States Code; and for other
purposes.

Memorandum re, prepared by staff of Senate Committee on the
District of Columbia

Report of the President's Commission on Crime in the District of
Columbia, reprinted portion related to section of bill, as follows:
Section 1.-Supervised Release Prior to Trial or After Conviction.
Section 2.-Supervised Release of Youth Offenders..
Section 3.-Federal Prison Industries..

Section 4.-Pleading Insanity-Escape of Mentally Ill.
Section 5.-Witness Fees and Travel Allowances.

S. 1517. Relating to material witnesses in the District of Columbia..

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309

184

3, 174

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5

5, 175

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176

54, 176

58

53

71, 177

S. 1518. Relating to the admissibility of evidence, including statements and confessions, in the courts of the District of Columbia...

180

S. 1519. Designating robbery in the District of Columbia as a crime of violence...

180

S. 1520. To amend section 823 of the act entitled "An act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia," approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1323; D.C. Code, sec. 22-1801), relating to burglary

181

S. 1521. Relating to the making of false or fictitious reports of the commission of criminal offenses in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes..- -

S. 1522. To amend section 872 of the act entitled "An act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia," approved March 3, 1901 (D.C. Code, sec. 22–2001)- -

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182

S. 1523. To amend the act of March 3, 1901, as amended, regarding the defense of insanity in the District of Columbia..

182

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