Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention of defendants charged with certain crimes that indicate potential flight risk.

This bill would establish a rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for defendants charged with specific crimes indicating potential flight risk, including obstructing law enforcement, resisting arrest, evading police, hindering prosecution, or escaping parole. Under this law, defendants would be detained before trial unless they can prove (by a preponderance of evidence) that release conditions would reasonably assure their court appearance and public safety. Currently, New Jersey law only applied this presumption to defendants charged with murder or crimes that could result in life imprisonment. The bill would expand the list of crimes triggering this presumption to include the new offenses. This change would directly affect defendants charged with these specific crimes who are seeking release before trial.