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Bail discriminates against the poor...
If bail is to be applied fairly perhaps something like 50% of your net worth for serious crimes is reasonable.
Zero seems about right for piddling offenses.
That's fine. Eliminate bail. Hold them all till trial.'
And I have to wonder what the appearance rate is for suspects that are RORed.
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Originally Posted by Kefir King
Bail discriminates against the poor...
If bail is to be applied fairly perhaps something like 50% of your net worth for serious crimes is reasonable.
Zero seems about right for piddling offenses.
That's fine. Eliminate bail. Hold them all till trial.'
Might be a few constitutional issues involved there. No bail for public nuisance or something might be considered "excessive". Though the logistic issues would be even worse; we'd need a few buildings the size of 55 water for the jails.
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