BrokenTimeMachine
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Should cash bail be eliminated?
https://news.yahoo.com/should-cash-bail-be-eliminated-220635609.html
Jan 18, 2020 12:32 AM
BrokenTimeMachine
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Should cash bail be eliminated?
https://news.yahoo.com/should-cash-bail-be-eliminated-220635609.html
ButCanHeDoItOnAColdRainyNightAtStoke
Take away cash bail and the government will just tax you more so they don't lose any money from no longer being handed bail.
Kavrae
This is ALWAYS the posted answer when anyone suggests dropping costs anywhere that involved the government. And it's always bullshit.
ButCanHeDoItOnAColdRainyNightAtStoke
I'll admit I didn't think it was a sheeple/tired excuse, it's just always what I assumed, but I'm open to being informed otherwise. 1/2
ButCanHeDoItOnAColdRainyNightAtStoke
You do make a good point that if we naysay every attempt, there can't be room for change for the better, and things can't be better
ButCanHeDoItOnAColdRainyNightAtStoke
if we won't try.
Kavrae
The basic principle at work here is that entities (government/corporate/etc) will charge based upon the maximum profit with minimum ->
wowthatwasquick
It's not the bail issue as a problem, the have taken away the judges discretion to weigh factors and impose a bail where clearly warranted
BrokenTimeMachine
That's why they can impose no bail where the accused will stay incarcerated until their trial.
TacticalDonutPatrol
That wasn’t added into the law. They are still bound by the 8th amendment, so now arson, assault, burglary, all fall under no cash bail.
TacticalDonutPatrol
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/12/31/all-crimes-new-york-bail-reform/
Volpe42
The title made me think it was banning paying for bail with cash, they would only take check or credit now
clide005
This is America. Wealth built by slavery and genocide. Laws built to keep the wage slave working and the parasites fat. Prison is 4 the poor
buddbilly
It’s a system that benefits the wealthy.
Volpe42
The system is supposed to set the bail dependent on the assets of the person
5knotcans
Like most systems in America.
TacticalDonutPatrol
The problem with changes like this are they often go too far. Look at Harris Country Texas. Multiple cases of repeat violent offenders being
TacticalDonutPatrol
Released from jail has resulted in several murders and shootings. Bail exists for a reason.
TacticalDonutPatrol
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/12/31/all-crimes-new-york-bail-reform/