The Polish legislator implemented various forms of securing the course of proceedings against obstruction or escape of suspects. Unfortunately, the most frequently used and at the same time the most severe is pre-trial detention. It is used too mechanically and instrumentally. Particularly, in a situation where non-custodial preventive measures, including the bail, may prove effective. […]

The application of preventive measures is subject to many code requirements, related, inter alia, to the presence of a high probability of committing a crime or the fear of disrupting the course of proceedings. The conditions for establishing a measure, including pre-trial detention, are mostly issues subject to subjective assessment, and what is more, the […]