The goal is not to just let everyone go free while they await sentencing, it is to have a jail system that houses people on the basis of their danger to the pub

The goal is not to just let everyone go free while they await sentencing, it is to have a jail system that houses people on the basis of their danger to the public and/or their risk to flee instead of their ability to pay. I don't see how anyone can actually be against that. Besides bail just allows cases just like you mention to happen, just that it's rich guys. Take a look at Robert Durst, posting $300,000 bail then stalking his brother with a gun. And Durst isn't the only guy to do this, what about Roman Polanski? What about Robert Vesco? Criminals who are a serious threat to society, are being let loose and innocent civilians become the collateral damage in money bail systems.