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(The home secretary asserted that most defendants demand jury trials "for no good reason other than to delay proceedings."
Most felony defendants are repeat offenders; yet, most felony defendants are sentenced not to prison but to probation.
The defendants were W. Mark Felt and Edward S. Miller, former chief of the FBI's intelligence division, accused of conspiring to violate the civil rights of members of the Weather Underground when they authorized warrantless break-ins of the radicals' homes (the Weatherfolk were suspected of planting bombs in public buildings) in 1972 and 1973.
Last year, more than 33,000 defendants posted bail and then skipped their court date . Most bail-jumpers face charges on drug-related crimes, violent offenses, or theft.
8 million to the Office of the Appellate Defender, which handles appeals for indigent criminal defendants in the First Department.