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I only skimmed that page you linked, because I was looking for the bit that mentions that people can spend years in jail awaiting trial. We’ve had more than a f
by grumple 6y ago
I only skimmed that page you linked, because I was looking for the bit that mentions that people can spend years in jail awaiting trial. We’ve had more than a few stories of this happening at Rikers island, only for charges to be dropped altogether.
Cash bail and pretrial jail time exist to force quick plea bargains and criminal records on poor people. There’s not really justification for it. If you aren’t suspected of a serious violent crime or other crimes against people (rather than property), you shouldn’t be in jail.
- koolba 6y ago> Cash bail and pretrial jail time exist to force quick plea bargains and criminal records on poor people. There’s not really justification for it. If you aren’t suspected of a serious violent crime or other crimes against people (rather than property), you shouldn’t be in jail. This sounds fine in theory but in practice it leads to repeated infractions just shy of the incarceration limit. https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-prop-47-shoplifting-theft-crime-statewide https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-prop-47-shoplifting-th... https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-subway-menace-busted-again-nypd-20200227-u4ggnlenkvgznllfvesuebwcw4-story.html https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-subway-men...
- arbitrage 6y agoWow, both Fox News and the Daily News as reference .... LOL. Thanks for the warning, bucko.
- dragonwriter 6y agoNeither of your sources (even if they were systematic rather than essentially anecdotal) identify anything like the cause you've posited (one is a post hoc ergo propter hoc with a change in post-conviction punishment, the other links no cause or even preceding change, neither indicates anything relating to pre-trial detention policy even viewed in the most favorable light.)