LINL law students figure in jail release plan
By Jane Owens
City jail employes would have to
serve as "bellhops," if a proposed
change in pre-trial release procedures is
adopted, according to the Lincoln
police chief.
Commenting Wednesday on a
proposal to release persons charged
with misdemeanors on their own
recognizance, Chief Joe Carroll said
the proposal would "definitely not
improve our present (pre trial release)
procedures."
Under the proposal, which was
prepared by Lincoln attorney Paul
Gaiter, UNL law students would be
hired to interview persons brought
into jail on misdemeanor charges.
Using a point system, the law
students would determine which
persons, if released, probably would
return for trial. Points would be given
for such things as length of residence,
marital status and occupation,
according to Carroll. Persons
qualifying under the point system
would then be eligible for release, he
said.
"Why, we'd have to hire extra jail
employes just to usher those arrested
in and out of their interviews," the
police chief said.
Under present release procedure,
persons charged with misdemeanors
are released to an attorney. Minors are
released to their parents.
Because attorneys are officers of
the court, they are responsible for the
appearance in court of persons
released to them, Carroll said.
Persons who qualify for release but
cannot afford an attorney are released
to the public defender's office, he
added. The office then accepts
responsibility for the person's court
appearance.
Under the new proposal, no one
would be responsible for returning the
arrested person to court, Carroll said.
If he failed to appear, the court would
have to issue a warrant for him.
Because Lincoln courtrooms are
closed at night, bw students could not
always obtain court records on a
person to determine whether he
qualified for release, according to
Carroll.
Holding a night court could solve
the problem, he added.
Carroll also said th.jt courts cannot
delegate to law students the authority
to release arrested persons. Students
could only make recommendations to
a judge, who then could order the
release.
"Most judges simply don't want to
be bothered by phone calls at all hours
of the night," Carroll said.
Sponsored by the Lancaster County
Bar Association and recommended by
the Region 2 Crime Commission and
the state Grant Review Committee,
the request for $12,000 to fund the
proposal was presented to the State
Crime Commission in August.
The commission, of which Carroll is
a member, sent the plan back for more
study and noted objections "almost
identical to my own," Carroll said.
The bar association is planning to
redraft their proposal to meet Carroll's
objections, according to Gaiter. One
change will include a request for funds
to hire additional police officers.
The bar association plans to
resubmit its proposal to the Region 2
Crime Commission at its September
meeting, he said.
Concert...
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began working with Muddy
Waters' band with whom he
stayed for several years. He
sings in a rough, gruff fashion
when he isn't letting loose on
the harmonica.
Of his mobility on stage, he
said, "If the music's good, then
it moves you around."
Wells has quite a sense of
humor. On a tour of Africa in
the sixties, he was asked what
he thought of black power. "I
told them black power is me
making it with Aretha
Franklin," he said.
Although only a few years
ago blues men catered to a
basically non-white audience,
blues seems to be enjoying a
popularity never dreamed of
earlier. But Wells and Guy will
be playing the blues for a long
time whether the public
demand for blues music
remains or not.
Guy said, "I hope I'll still be
playing the blues when I'm an
old man."
For Wells, singing and
playing the blues is inevitable.
"When I was starting, everyone
said, 'A young man like you
ought to be playing jazz.' But
the blues is my life and I'm
stuck with it," he said.
The band backing up Guy
and Wells will bp comprised of
Guy's brother Phil on rhythm
guitar, Herman Applewhite on
bass and Roof.evclt Shaw on
drums.
Shuttlebus
links NU
campuses
Any student, faculty
member or staff person on the
UNL campus who has a yen to
go to Omaha may take the NU
shuttle bus that runs between
the Lincoln and Omaha
campuses.
One bus originates at UNL
and two start at the University
Medical Center.
Students registered for
classes on both campuses get
preference for tickets, which
must be purchased a' the
bursar's office before boarding
the bus. The cost for students
is $1 and $1.0 fnr fc' ' ."""
staff.
The bus runs WoHoy
throu"h Friday and may
boarded at the north end o'
the 14th street mll oast o
Andrews Hall.
Shuttle bo trnHlul: But no. 1
Depart: Mmi. Center, 7 a.m.: UNO,
7:10, UNL, 8:25-9; Sy1om, 0:10;
UNO, 10:25; Arrive: Med. Centn-,
10:35. But no. 2 Depart: IJNl.,
10:50 a.m.: UNO, 12 -12:37; M-'.
Center, M 10; Arrlv: UNt. , ?:""
But no. 3 Depart: Mmi. Crir,
3:15 p.m.; UNO, 3:30, UNL.
4:43 5; Syttemi, 5:15, UNO, fi:2f;
Arrive: Med. Cantor, 3:35.
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friday, September 7, 1973
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