Aime v. Commonwealth

The 1992 amendments to the Massachusetts bail statute (amendments) provide that an official authorized to admit a prisoner or an arrested person to bail (judicial officer) may refuse to release that person if the judicial officer determines, in the exercise of his or her discretion, that “such release will endanger the safety of any other person or the community.” St. 1992, c. 201, § 3, amending G. L. c. 276, § 58 (1990 ed.). The amendments also mandate the judicial officer take into account the “nature and seriousness of the danger to any person or to the community that would be posed by the…