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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FYI there is not and hasn’t been cash bail in the federal system for decades, and the effect is that a lot of people are detained. (Rich folks occasionally do put up bond or offer to, like Ghislaine Maxwell, but the decision to retain or not is made independent of the ability to pay bond, and most of those who are released don’t have to pay.) So I’m skeptical that the abolition of cash bail really improves the position of criminal defendants in the long run, though it definitely reduces the unfairness of being held on minor charges solely because you’re poor (which is worth it on its own). But it also means that lock-em-up folks like OP are misguided in supporting cash bail. [/quote] Unless the point is actually that poor people should be imprisoned. [/quote]
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