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You forget that bail is refunded upon appearing to the court. A rich person will post bail, gain their freedom, and get the bail refunded to them when they go t
by baobabKoodaa 6y ago
You forget that bail is refunded upon appearing to the court. A rich person will post bail, gain their freedom, and get the bail refunded to them when they go to court. A poor person can not afford to post bail, so they will lose their freedom. No-one will "refund" this lost freedom to them in any form.
- syshum 6y agoOnly if the person puts up the bail directly If you use a Bail Bonds Company you only put up normally 10%, to the bail company who keeps that as a service fee. So if you had a $1,000 Bail, you can pay $1,000 to courts and be refunded when you show up, or $100 to a bail bonds company who will keep the $100. If you are a poor person most of the time you will end up paying the $100 and never see that money again
- retzkek 6y agoPredatory lending is the biggest example of how "it's expensive to be poor in America." There's a few ongoing efforts to improve this situation, such as https://bailproject.org/ https://bailproject.org/ and https://www.vonzella.com/ https://www.vonzella.com/