Release of a defendant pending trial for nonviolent political protesters; recovery for certain defendants detained

Section 3142 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (k) No detention for nonviolent political protesters (1) In general A person charged with a covered political protest offense, and not charged with any crime of violence (as such term is defined in section 16(a)) may not be detained under this section. (2) Covered political protest offense defined In this subsection, the term covered political protest offense means an offense— (A) arising out of political protest activities; and (B) which is not a crime of violence (as such term is defined in section 16(a)). (l) Civil action A person who is tried for a Federal offense and is not convicted, or charged with an offense and the charges are dropped, and the person was detained during the pendency of the trial or charges, may bring an action in a district court of the United States against the United States and any officer or employee of the United States seeking compensatory damages..