,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #bj1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,sheehy 7for himself and ,mrs4
 ,blackburn7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to authorize civil actions     
against judges who1 and other government
 entities that1 release repeat offenders
 on bail1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,judicial ,accountability for       
,irresponsible ,leniency ,act or the    
,,jail ,act4  #b4 ,civil actions for    
harm caused by repeat offenders released
 pending trial  7a7 ,civil action ,if a 
judge or another government entity      
issues an order releasing a covered     
defendant on bail pending trial1 and the
 covered defendant harms another person 
during such release1 that person 7or an 
immediate family member of that person  
if the person is deceased71 may bring a 
civil action against the judge or other 

government entity in an appropriate     
district court of the ,united ,states   
seeking damages4  7b7 ,no judicial      
immunity ,judicial immunity is not a    
defense in a civil action under this    
section4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this     
section3 7#a7 ,the term covered         
defendant means an individual who is    
charged with a crime of violence and has
 previously been convicted of a crime of
 violence4  7#b7 ,the term crime of     
violence has the meaning given that term
 in section #af of title #ah1 ,united   
,states ,code4  7#c7 ,the term judge    
includes ,federal and ,state judges4