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-- this thread seem to forget bond is not meant to be punitive -- it's to make sure you come back to court - the 8th amendment protects against this - if the co
by pigtailgirl 4y ago
-- this thread seem to forget bond is not meant to be punitive -- it's to make sure you come back to court - the 8th amendment protects against this - if the court is going to set an excessive bond - they need to grant latitude on how it's exercised --
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/excessive_bail https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/excessive_bail
https://nationalparalegal.edu/ViewNews.aspx?intTakeOnNewsID=126 https://nationalparalegal.edu/ViewNews.aspx?intTakeOnNewsID=...
- lmm 4y ago> this thread seem to forget bond is not meant to be punitive "meant to" or not, bond is applied punitively against poorer people as a matter of course.