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A system like this is on the ballot in California this year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_California_Proposition_25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Ca
by valleyer 6y ago
A system like this is on the ballot in California this year:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_California_Proposition_25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_California_Proposition_25
A "yes" vote would replace all cash bail with a ruling from the risk-assessment system.
- boulos 6y agoTo be clear, without this proposition the cash bail in California was going away. So this is a “do over” attempt by cash bail proponents via the proposition system. There’s only been one poll so far (39% to uphold the new law, thus ending cash bail, 32% repeal, 29% undecided): https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_25,_Replace_Cash_Bail_with_Risk_Assessments_Referendum_(2020) https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_25,_Replace_C...