The Bail Reform Act of 1984 overturned the 1976 Supreme Court case of Burton v. South Carolina , which required that no defendant be kept in pretrial detention simply because he or she could not afford financial bail, and reinstated pretrial detention for indigent offenders.

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The Bail Reform Act of 1984 actually expanded upon the bail reform movement of the 1960s and 1970s and aimed to reduce the number of defendants held in pretrial detention. It provided for alternative forms of release, such as unsecured bonds and non-financial conditions, and limited the use of financial bail as a means of releasing defendants.

The Bail Reform Act of 1984 Overturned the 1976 Supreme