According to the supreme court, at pretrial release hearings the accused enjoys the right to:

According to the Supreme Court, in the preventive release hearings the accused enjoys the right to be out of jail, while his case is pending. A bond is a contract in which a defendant pays to get out of jail.

In preventite release hearings, they focus more on the general conditions of bail to ensure certain objectives while the defendant is on bail. These pretrial objectives may include protecting the community from the crime, ensuring the safety of the victim and ensuring the appearance of the accused at later dates in court.

The success or lack of success of a defendant can influence the decision of a judge later during the sentence.

 The Preliminary hearing is a trial before the trial, a mini-trial and the person being accused of a crime, the defendant, has the right to a lawyer. The trial will happen only if the judge arrives to the conclusion that a crime was really committed by the defendant. Until then he can be under the right of the Presumption of Innocence.

regarding the law, the 15th amendment was specifically designed thinking in the rights of black free men.

even though ratified on february 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th amendment would not be fully applied for a long time.poll taxes and literacy tests would allow southern states disenfranchise african americans. only in 1965 the voting rights for african americans would be actually able to vote in the south.

in 1965, president johnson signed the voting rights act, which aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented african americans from voting as it was guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the u.s. constitution.