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> The judge then agreed to dismiss the charges against him. > However, just hours before he was released from jail How does a person not just walk out of the
by bmitc 3y ago
> The judge then agreed to dismiss the charges against him.
> However, just hours before he was released from jail
How does a person not just walk out of the courtroom after having charges dismissed against them? This case is harrowing.
Also, there are multiple levels of failures here. Why is a person accused of robbery, who just had charges dismissed against them, in jail in the first place, and furthermore, why are they being housed with violent criminals? Why were they arrested purely on the basis that they look like someone, as determined by an automated system, with no further investigation or oversight?
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Why is a person accused of robbery, who just had charges dismissed against them, in jail in the first place, and furthermore, why are they being housed with violent criminals? Working backwards: robbery is a violent (or threat of violence) crime. That’s why we permit pretrial detention more liberally for those charged with it; to incapacitate the potential for more violence. As for why they can’t walk out of the court room, I agree it’s ridiculous. He may have had to claim personal effects at the jail and process exit paperwork. But that should be the jail’s responsibility to deliver to him, not the other way.