Letting people essentially pay their way out doesn't seem the fairest way to do that. Surely it should be based on risk to the public, not ability to pay some a

Letting people essentially pay their way out doesn't seem the fairest way to do that. Surely it should be based on risk to the public, not ability to pay some arbitrary amount. Also, person A _might_ be dangerous is in some way putting at least part of the punishment before conviction - IMO that should be very carefully considered, and I don't see how monetary means is a large part of that.