Practically speaking, interim release actually prevents us from doing our job well. As defence counsel, representing an accused is the first step toward a guilty verdict for us and for that person. Even the prosecutor will have a totally different approach with us, knowing that he or she now has that person's freedom in their hands, which makes us vulnerable in working toward our objectives.
Excluding the more serious categories of crime where there is no expectation other than pretrial detention, discouragement is what we are seeing now from the people involved. It is clear to me that some people plead guilty even though they are not, because of the psychological consequences of remand.