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

DATE: MONDAY, February 11, 1991                   TAG: 9102110174
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-10   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

STUDY FINDS FELONY DOOR REVOLVES

Nearly one out of five people arrested and charged with committing a felony were released from custody and rearrested for a similar felony offense before going to trial, the Justice Department said Sunday in a first-time study.

The study said defendants charged with murder are less likely than those accused of other felonies to be released before trial.

Accused murderers were released at a rate of 39 percent. Rates of release for people arrested and accused of other felonies include: 55 percent for rape and 69 percent for drug sales.

- Cox News Service 


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