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[quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why a non-profit would bail out someone who is in jail for assaulting his wife?  That seems crazy.  Bail out non-violent offenders, or at least not people being accused of domestic abuse.  That just seems like a horrible idea.  They say they want to "reunite families", but reuniting a domestic abuser with his abused wife?  I wonder if the deceased's family will end up filing a lawsuit against The Bail Project.

https://www.kansas.com/news/nation-world/national/article229408779.html

Hours after a nonprofit group bailed a Missouri man out of jail, he beat his wife so severely that she died five days later, police said, according to KMOV.

Samuel Lee Scott, 54, is accused of killing Marcia Johnson, 54, on April 9, KMOV reported. She died on April 14 — and two days later, Scott, of St. Louis, was charged with first-degree murder in connection to his wife’s death.

Prior to the murder charge, Scott had been booked into jail on April 5 on a misdemeanor domestic assault charge after he was accused of hitting his wife on “the right side of her face with his fist” in January, KTVI reported.

“While he was in jail, (his) wife got a restraining order against him which prohibited him from getting within 300 feet of her,” KSDK reported. “But one day later, his $5,000 bail was posted by The Bail Project and he went to her home ... around 7:45 p.m. At around 11 p.m., a friend of his wife brought her to the hospital after finding her bleeding from her head.”

The woman died of injuries caused by “blunt force trauma,” KMOV reported.

Court documents show Scott was released from jail on April 9 with help from The Bail Project, KTVI reported.

“The Bail Project is an unprecedented effort to combat mass incarceration at the front end of the system,” according to its website. “We pay bail for people in need, reuniting families and restoring the presumption of innocence.”

“No one could have predicted this tragedy,” he continued. “In times like this, we must come together for Marcia’s family and also keep sight of the injustices of incarcerating poor people before trial and the need to invest in community-based services that can support St. Louisans during times of crisis.”

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said her office plans to meet with the nonprofit this week to “help them better understand the risks to victims and witnesses when posting bail for any type of domestic violence cases or for any defendant who is a potential safety risk to an individual or to the community,” KSDK reported.[/quote]

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