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The concept of bail negatively affects the poor. Washington DC has a new system where they got rid of the bail system. They have 2 options: RoR (release on you
by leesalminen 9y ago
The concept of bail negatively affects the poor. Washington DC has a new system where they got rid of the bail system.
They have 2 options: RoR (release on your own recognizance) and hold until trial.
Although not perfect, this is much better than a bail system.
- jopsen 9y ago> The concept of bail negatively affects the poor. I thought that was intentional :) afaik bail isn't used much outside the US, Canada and UK. The US for-profit bail industry is the usual case of Americans taking a bad idea to the extreme in the search of a little profit.
- an_account 9y agoIt makes sense as a deposit to make sure you show up to trial. But in practice, with bail bonds, it’s a fee. The financial amounts are rarely in line with what it would take to get someone to show up trial.
- chrisper 9y agoIf bails were relative to income, then this would maybe not be such a huge problem.
- Feniks 9y agoThat's because in Europe it is very difficult to disappear under the radar. Most people show up on trial, the ones that don't are nabbed pretty quickly. The only people who have to await trial in jail are the ones that are considered dangerous or a real flight risk. There's no way a low level drug dealer would escape abroad.