City: You can't afford to pay these fines so we're going to put you in jail which will make you lose your job unless you post bail which you also can't afford.
I was a passenger in a car, was getting a ride after a night of drinking back to my house. Cops pulled the 3 of us over and the driver had weed on him. All 3 people were charged with the same crimes. They set our bonds at $25,000. The other 2 guys bonded out with lawyers after their bail was dropped to $2,500. I spent 48 days in jail with a $25,000 bond because I refused to spend a dime. Luckily the Jail administrator was former 4th Group Special Forces and made me a trustee because of my military service, 3 days later all charges were dismissed and I was released. Those other 2 acted like I was the lucky 1 because I didn't spend a dime and they both spent $15,000 and dealt with the courts for 6 months and the other almost a year. I was in college using my G.I. bill and had to pay back those 6-7 weeks I set in jail to the school which was still less than those 2 spent. I never went back to school and started welding. I will never trust the system and will always know the courts tried to fleece me for money even though they had no case on me the whole time 🤷♂️
@@gamingscotsmanOG Civil asset forfeiture, cops take all of your money and need no proof or guilt. So yeah bro pay your god damn bills but also remember the long arm of the state empties your bank account. Hell my state has the ability to steal any money found on a prepaid debit card and they take it while they have you stopped for a citation and if you don't prove the money isn't drug money or stolen they keep it.
@@gamingscotsmanOG uh it's not a bill. I agree everyone should pay bills. What we're talking about isn't a bill, it's fines that can change depending on the judge or lawyer, not just the charge but the fine amount as well. Many end up in a weird circle jerk. Go to jail because they can't afford fines or bail, lose job, rack up higher fines for going to jail, get out, no one hires you because of the jail, can't pay fines, go back to jail and it keeps going
In Montgomery Alabama they used to do that two or three times a year. "The roundups" would happened and last about a week. The city would issue warrants for unpaid traffic tickets. When I was 19 they came and took me to Montgomery City jail on a Friday afternoon. I thought I had already paid my tickets. (I had). But- If you forgot to pay, or maybe even did pay your tickets, and something gets lost in the transaction- It seems the police would/should/must send Warning Mail. Ya know a warning statement that you are to pay your tickets or they will issue a warrant arrest you and take you to s****y city jail. With my one phone call which I didn't get until Saturday morning at 2 a.m. I asked my mother to go by my house and to get the ticket receipts. She did. Once in jail I was happy to see a friend. (ikr). He told me that he had his receipts. They were in his car when he was arrested. He even showed the arresting officer, but officer didn't care. Somebody f***** up. A few people had to of f***** up Wasn't me. Wasn't my jail friend. 3 nights later....Mom showed up at my arraignment Monday morning, I was able to show proof of payment to the judge, and they released me immediately. The other guy got f****d thought. Because he was driving when he got arrested his car was impounded. He did not have any money and he did not have anybody to help him out. When the guy told the judge that he had the receipts in his car the judge told him everybody always has their receipts just not with them which I thought was a dick move because I had my receipts. End of the story is the guy ended up spending two and a half months in jail could, not afford to get his car out of the impound. However he was able to get copies from the police station where he paid for the tickets. Which just goes to show the lack of communication between the station and the courts. I did see him a year after all of that and he told me that he was trying to get a lawsuit against the city for time spent in jail and the value of his car. Oh yeah they auctioned off his car. I wish I had kept in touch to find out what happened. Now if I had to bet on that outcome, I bet he got f*****.
I know man. It's such bs. I hope he got his lawsuit, but you know as well as I that if he didn't have some $ to spend, the courts would make sure to drag that out as long as possible. So they can get that court costs and money, over and over again. Glad you got out, that's terrible and this s#@$ needs to stop. But you heard him say it: a multi billion dollar industry. They're not going to fix it.
@@phillipthorbjrnsen7865 you are exactly correct. They just do whatever they want. Guilty until proven innocent. And in his case he had the proof with him. It's all about money. The bondsmen, court, and state just want money money money. Everything is about the money. People don't matter.
I did 3 months for a misdemeanor charge that was ultimately dropped. They wrote it up as a felony and gave me a $30,000 bond. A woman from 5 miles down the road was arrested for shooting and killing her boyfriend and her bond was 25,000. They changed the charge after about a week, but wouldn't lower the bond. Had never been in trouble and did 3 months, deprived of my medicines to eventually have everything dropped since I didn't actually break the law. They also blacked both eyes, broke my nose, a rib, and my two front teeth. I had always supported police, but it was made clear that they don't care what the truth is. We are all just dogs at the pound.
The jail where I was happened to be the third most profitable “ business “ in the county only to Apple and Amazon according to the county police officer. That should be illegal
Sheriff of Rock Ridge Yes, privatizing prison doesn’t seem right. But on the flip side of that coin, it’s not the prisons putting people there, it’s the local sheriff, and the politicians making the laws. We need to address the rot in those systems that is keeping the prisons full
I did 40 months in state prison for non violent drug offenses. The judge wouldn't even give me a bond. The system is set up for the average person to always lose.
@@etiennescarbinski7890 They sure are. But the same day I got sentenced there was another person there who was sentenced for aggravated child molestation who got 1 more year than me. So the justice system is pretty fucked up to say the least.
@@davestuddaman8127 Yes and no. There are mandatory minimum and maximum sentences the judges have to abide by. I was caught with drugs and money the other guy repeatedly raped a little boy over the course of 10 days and was given a bond and was a free man until the day he was sentenced. I on the other hand was in county jail for a year and a half until the day a went to court to get sentenced.
My good family friend was thrown in jail for unpaid fines. He ended up in a "suicide prevention chair" because he was autistic and crying for his mommy. He died in that chair in less than 24 hours later. This happened at the columbia county prison in pennsylvania. Rip Tyler Evans #JUSTICEFORTYLEREVANS
That is so sad. I hope there will be some kind of justice. The officers should have better training. This is just so tragic. I'm sorry to hear about your friend.
This opinion is dangerous. You stop the conversation by making such broad statements. In reality the system needs a series of overhauls that effectively coincide with one another, versus half ass-ing it and doing pseudo reform. If you abolish cash bail without implementing mandatory rehabilitation clauses for those with substance abuse for example, then yes, you’ll have a bunch of addicts running the streets in and out. The system needs a sweep and you are being irresponsible by stoping the conversation via critiquing one facet of that sweep. Advocate for more.
@Steve Rusakiewicz lmao that's not even close to being comparable. Poor people who commit crimes are more likely to be the leeches of society and it's better that they stay in jail. People who can pay the bail have a career, money saved up and are much less likely to commit crimes again.
You realize the judge who just said that is the very same judge who would respond to an attorney’s request for recusal? Judges refuse to recuse themselves all the time. It’s sometimes remanded for a new trial on appeal, but that’s *years* down the line. You ain’t making anything happen today. 96% of cases accept plea bargains [Plead guilty]. The 4% that go to trial occupy 80+% of prosecutor’s time in court. The justice system is clogged and overcrowded just handling 4% of cases - there’s basically no chance a judge is going to remotely entertain admitting his bias and handing his caseload off to another judge while also opening the door to judicial review of his past cases. Also also, it’s a pretty miserable defense attorney [Prosecutors see the same judge way too often to risk offending one like this] who would offending the judge’s ego and potentially torching this and all future clients, just to make a show of the judge’s bias. It would really suck if you were that attorneys next client in front of that judge. You’d be guilty by association even if you had done no wrong. TL;DR - You’re applying thought and logic to an inherently broken system. I applaud your decency, but please understand the system has no such decency, nor anything but a brutal desire to keep existing as it currently does: feeding on the guilty and not-guilty [There is no finding of “innocent” in the US system] alike. Cheers!
I bet you you've never been to New York City. also saying that the crime rate Rose because of the lack of a bail system is complete bullshit in there is a large amount of hard evidence against that statement.
@@Van420Dal There is also alot of hard evidence to back it up, look into the nypd statics on repeat offenders in the time since it was implemented. what are your sources for this lots of evidence to support that its bullshit.
@James Prime im talking all elements, there are other ways to travel than driving with a suspended license, several places to help with drug addiction and mental illness, if you dont want to chance losing your job by being in jail then dont do the crimes. I have been to jail a few times and had to sit till trial for little weed charges and even a suspended license. I committed the crime so i had no one to blame the situation on but myself. People no matter the color or wealth need to take responsibility for their actions.
It doesn't stop there, The whole court system is just another business. Not sure they want to stop people committing crimes, They would be out of a job!
I don’t disagree with you all but to point out a fact he was talking about misdemeanors and petty crimes. You are 100% right he never spoke on those people because they should not be included, violent crimes you do the time. That should be the new thing
@@reddeep5983 a majority of violent crimes are still misdemeanors. Including domestic assault and battery which is a small misdemeanor that people will bond out near immediately
When I was 17 years old I got arrested for curfew violation and locked up as an adult overnight taking a court in the morning and given a choice to pay a fine or do 10 days in jail for being a minor out too late! Who might I be and where might I been able to get in life if that hadn't happened. Side note I was with other people and I was the oldest everybody else got taken home that night I went to jail My argument in court the next morning was how am I standing in an adult Court for being a curfew violation?
It also stops criminals from running rampant like they do in NY. The amount of bail doesn't matter, it matters whether or not you have a good enough attorney.
@jay bird the average bail for a DUI is 500 my guy. And it could go all the way up 50,000 dollars depending how lengthy ur criminal record is. So w all that said. Your way off the mark.
@jay bird Then that sucks and its unfortunate for you and you can sue if you didn't do the crime, the good that cash bail does FAR outweighs the negatives, the issue is the corrections system is intended to punish everyone instead of helping reform some and punish those who actually deseve it, nobody should be allowed to shoplift 3 plus times in 1 day just because poor people who commit crimes can't afford bail.
Getting rid of cash bail in Jersey had a terrible unforeseen consequence, unnecessary long jail times while waiting for your trial. This happened to someone I know. He lives in Indiana, but was traveling to Jersey for the weekend to do something. He got pulled over and arrested for some minor shit involving his vehicle. Instead of paying for bail and dealing with his court date later, he ended up being stuck in jail for over a month hundreds of miles from his two kids. It was a nightmare not being able to go to work or take care of his kids.
So then you let them go until their trial. if they skip out on the trial and are caught again later, they are considered guilty and face the jail time. Sounds like an easy and simple solution. Of course you dont let the accused serial murderer out, maybe even restrict it to felonies. Idk but anything is better than our current system.
Sounds like the issue is the fact he wasn't given bail. Not that cash bail didn't exit. That situation and the situation this video are talking about are two separate issues.
Squid ppl still gonna find a way to bitch if it’s a credit system then cause they couldn’t make a car payment/loan they shouldn’t have taken out in the first place. And somehow that’ll be racist too, right😂
There has to be more to the story. Within 24 hours you have cjp hearing. If not realeased then within 72 hours you have a detention hearing. If not domestic violence or violent crime you will be released. Something not right with your story
They arrest the same people in New York every single night. The criminals don’t care, they aren’t paying the fines. It’s more lucrative to just keep committing crimes getting caught sometimes and being released Over and over. It’s stupidity on the state to constantly doing this over and over.
Sure, but maybe we can rethink how we handle those situations. I don’t think someone should necessarily go to prison for not paying a fine, especially if they’re in a tough economic position. We don’t need to treat someone who has yet to pay a fine like they’re some hardcore criminal.
@Abra Cadabra in the UK you also arrest people who teach their pugs jokes. The UK also doesn't have fundamental human rights. We don't want to be like Europe you guys are falling apart and loosing your culture so fast that in 20 years the UK will not even remotely be the same country it is today.
@@einkartoffel same thing is happening in the u.s. On the west coast Oregon, Washington, California, people are moving to more free states because the west coast has no intention of lifting lockdowns unless Joe Biden is elected. I find it interesting china can contain their virus inside of their country but they let it spread throughout the entire world. A country that is exterminating a group of it's own people and using biological warfare on a global level needs to be destroyed. God help us all
Thank you. Thank you Joe for having this conversation. Thank you Josh abd Jason for understanding. I’m a small town Montana single mother who has experienced EXACTLY what you spoke of. Suspended license due to fines. Fines were for minor traffic violations that I actually paid and have records of payment, yet the court will not review because they want more money. This is oppressive and illegal. I’ve reached out to multiple attorneys, hoping that they might take my case pro bono. Unfortunately, what I’ve realized is there just isn’t any money in it. Education and awareness are the first step to freedom for every individual. I still have faith in justice. I’m just not sure where/ how to find it.
I dealt with this in spokane Washington they suspended my license three different times because I couldn't pay one month refused to allow community service and then made me pay 2,000 dollars to get my license back all because I worked construction and didn't have the work it was extortion!
None of you critics have an answer for if a rich person posted bail and then went and killed someone the same day. He had the money right? That means he won't commit crimes like anyone else I guess.
Realistically though, a person who is a prime suspect in a high profile case who just posted bail will be under a huge spotlight. Theyd be idiots to go out and kill someone, and most rich people arent idiots
@@erichooper2794 if that's the case u need to separate the cells by types of crimes as well. It's fucked up someone with a suspended license gets locked up with a suspected murderer
What they need to do is first time arrests get cashless bail ... maybe up to 2 or 3. Or 1 free bail every 5 years. We need to punish repeat offenders and take it easy on first time offenders.
@@theophilevictoria5592 Nevertheless too many anecdotes, such as their personal experiences watching court arraignments. Also when actual researchers, like Gad Saad, Weinstein bros, and Deborah Ho, were on JRE they easily cited their sources. It's not difficult. It only takes a few seconds. EMPIRICISM > rationale OBJECTIVITY > subjectivity
Sharnell should have paid her bills!!!!! Or not EARNED the ticket that got her in to this!! Personal. Accountability!!!!!!!!! Sharnell Mitchell’s problems are Sharnell Mitchell’s fault.
The insane ideology to put so much authority to the state for driving licensure and requirements has destroyed the whole principle of an inherent right of modern day movement. Not being able to travel for basics things like work or needs is a huge constitutional violation and doesn't get brought up.
It leads to an increase in crime in general. The amount of petit/felony theft that's occurred in my area since bail reform laws were passed has increased dramatically.
theidiotfromla in NYC 20% of felony non-bail eligible criminals were arrested Atleast once after their release. www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/p0710a/bail-reform
I agree in NYC and California releasing criminals and sex offender's with long history of violence within less than 6 hours while first time offenders and people going to work get arrested for trying to work
@@theidiotfromla in California breaking into someone's house is a non violent crime stealing under $750-$900 is a non violent crime Grand theft auto Is a non violent crime doing any crime except injuring a person In California is a non violent crime apparently while California claims they have no crime
I'm from Georgia and I PROMISE you... When you go in front of that judge, it doesn't matter if you're black, white, or green... They're going to baptize you all equally... Been there, done that more times than I'd care to admit.
You pathetic people are making fun of someone that has dedicated his life to free innocent people, while you losers dont are not doing shit but make fun of him.
My eyes were opened to this when I had a DUI when I was 20. Fortunately my parents are somewhat wealthy and they were able to pay all of my fines. I didn’t realize that people with NOTHING were being charged $6k and were expected to pay it off. It’s fucking disgusting what the system does to people without money. This MUST fucking stop
I was given primary custodianship of my daughter when her mother went to prison when she was two months old. Fast forward two years, and her mother gets out and wants to take my daughter to go live with her. I say let’s go to court, I was very desirous of my daughter to know her mother. This was not good enough for her. She also did not want to assume any role for child support. So in 2016 she got together with two fellow residents at a Sober Living Facility and conspired on how to turn the tables and have her as primary guardian. Domestic Violence Allegations in front of my daughter was the answer. So Sept 16, 2016 I was woken up to the loudest pounding ever on my front door. The police immediately shoved their way inside, man handled me, bloodied my nose and let me know that I was under arrest for felony domestic violence. That was horrible. Literally nothing happened that day when I took my daughter to visit her mom at a halfway house. Later that night is when the arrest happened and they fucking take my daughter into CPS custody. **** Here is where my daughter’s mother thought they would bring Lily to her but didn’t **** So I am now in Tarrant County Jail on felony charges with my daughter in CPS custody. Guess who couldn’t get out of jail? Me! I couldn’t get out to try to find and save my daughter because I had to have a GPS monitor to ensure I did not contact my daughter’s mother. Well she left that halfway house for reasons I won’t divulge yet... and when she did I had to sit and wait again until they found her and decided where she would live now that she was a “ domestic violence victim “. About a week later she admitted to making the entire thing up. Did the case go away? Nope. How about CPS? Nope. I had to pay 1800 up front for GPS only!!!!! Not to mention a 35000 bond. Then I had to attend classes for Domestic Violence, Counseling, my daughter was still with another family until this ended. Thank God they were angels sent from God, and we are still friends that attend church with one another. So I finally get out, fight the case and win my daughter back in 2017. The bond system has got to change in the United States. It is so profit based it is disgusting.
A lot to unpack here. I do a podcast & stories like this interest me. I’m a single dad, also. If you’d like to talk about this on the show, email me at theopeningdrivetx@gmail dot com.
Glad you got her back. Sorry she had to suffer our tyrannical judicial system at such a young age. I used to visit those the state orphanages and children homes with my parents when I was a kid. 20+ Years later I can remember those kids faces and the hurt in their eyes even with smiles on their faces because we had just brought bags and boxes of toys. I would play checkers or dominoes with them and had to be told to not talk about my parents or school because these kids didn't get to enjoy the love I had. I was 5 the first time we went and by the time I was 10 the State would no longer allow volunteers to visit the kids.
@@Chris-dg6km I spent over 200 hours volunteering my daughters first year at Head Start, and over 300 her second year. With all of my familys involvement my daughter had an amazing time at Pre K, and I too tried to give back and I will ALWAYS wonder what will become of all of those children. Thanks again.
You can keep the bail system the way it is for violent offenders while either eradicating the laws that would put someone in jail awaiting trial for non-violent offenses. We recently had a girl abducted and murdered in my state because the murderer had recently got off on bail for another violent assault and attempted abduction charge. If he had been sitting in jail waiting trial, she would still be alive.
The biggest thing you’re deprived of in jail or maybe the most important other than freedom is ability to organize a viable defense. So many people in jail get stuck because they can’t afford the bond and then just plead out the first chance they get because it’s the only way they can go home. So guilty or innocent they’ll do the time and plead out. It’s almost impossible to communicate with your attorney unless they come and see you which happens but it’s hard to arrange.
I was in jail for a DUI and my cellmate was a guy who had already done 16 years in prison for manslaughter, and was awaiting a trial for murder and the dude in the cell next to me had gotten in a police shootout, was hit in the leg, and was awaiting trial for that and the initial home invasion charge. I was there for 3 days until I came up with the bail to be released. It doesn't matter if jail is a possibility with misdemeanors, most of them do not get you jail time the first offense - so, putting people in jail for no bail money, on a charge that they aren't even likely to go to jail for inn the first place, is utterly ridiculous.
So sad and so true. There's a lot of people who are so judgmental and unaware of how this works. Once again, thank you Joe for having these people on and informing people of what's going on. It's not REALLY about the law, it's a huge money racket. Ruins lives and it's truly heartbreaking.
@Ralph Rodgers ideological nonsense? He literally outlines all the faults with the cash bail system and your comeback is its ideological nonsense. You shouldn't have to be behind bars simply because you're poor.
@@MRLONG758 shhhhhhhhh he is saying that cash bail may not be perfect, but it is necessary for a so with. He is pointing out how this is self evident given the current state of politics. If you disagree, it is incumbent on you to show it can work without ppl vomiting endless crimes.
Many of these humanistic stories are heart tuggers for sure, except for the point that...some of the people arrested and in jails are actually 'bad' people, as recent events in Los Angeles and California are revealing. You don't have a mechanism in place to keep bad people in jail or prison, you end up with cases like what recently happened to Gavin Ludwick.
Exactly. They’re trying to portray this fucking entire system of “pEoPLe oF cOLoR” and broke people alike that are just down on their luck when 9 times out of 10 it’s a fucking criminal doing criminal shit.. I’m not debating or denying there are legitimate cases of wrongful convictions but these guys are so full of it with a lot of this stuff. How come I’ve never been to jail? I just got lucky?
I live in a small rural town and I know one guy that owned a company and had money. He had 6 OVI’s in 5 years and one of them he hit a family in an Amish buggy and fled the scene, never once lost his license. If you have money in this country you can essentially get away with anything.
Without cash bail, how would you guarantee people show up to court for petty crimes? Poor people would just walk and ignore those responsibilities, then claim inability to pay.
WHO ELSE IS SICK of these apologetics for people who have done nothing but take and destroy their own communities and are responsible for the spike in violent crime as they burn our buildings?
as long as you also understand the level of Jim Crow Disenfranchisement of black voters through the use of these laws, then I can understand personal accountability.
This guy has no idea how much cash bails help keep criminals off the streets. Idk how it works where he lives, but most little things just have a signature bond where I live.
He lives in a very rich neighborhood. Look, he even admitted it himself. He gets a high out of doing this. Just think about it from a scientific point of view.
Cash bails keep criminals off the streets in the same way that jailing anyone who is suspected of a crime keeps "criminals" off the streets. By definition these people haven't had a trial or been found guilty of anything yet and if you're just assuming they're criminals that deserve to be in jail without evidence being presented at a free and fair trial, you're advocating for an authoritarian justice system, BY DEFINITION.
Where are you from? I have seen/heard of it in my small, Midwestern city (15,000). A70 something woman with NO criminal history, accidentally walked out of Walmart with one item. It was valued at around $20. She was taken to jail. This was before Covid, but it took 3 days to get her before a judge. To be released on bail would have been around $1,000. She was living in poverty. Thankfully, the judge dropped the charges, but during that time she didn't get her medications and was offered food she couldn't eat. Once released, she ended up hospitalized! I have heard of worse. What happened to innocent until proven guilty, due process, even meeting basic needs IF in jail! It's sad. She was so embarrassed. When people here learned of what had happened to her, they said they would have secured a bail bondsman and donated to get her out. I think that would have been around $100. It turned out she was in the beginning stages of dementia.
Maybe if black people weren't accosted by NYPD for decades they would have equitable access to gainful employment and financial leverage in their own community.
Genuinely curious 1. Are you willing to have innocent poor people in jail because of guilty poor people? 2. People that can post bail don’t commit crimes while out on bail?
JK if you payed a 50% deposit on a new car and started having doubts about wether or not you wanted it you would likely still buy it if it meant losing your deposit. If you payed no deposit and changed your mind who cares don’t show up to purchase it and leave the person holding it for you in the lurch.
I understand there's a lot that needs fixed in the criminal justice system but if you have a person arrested for stalking you or threatening you & is released in a short period of time they will probably do something violent. I don't agree with setting bail at $1,500 for somebody that has a small amount of drugs on them. That's excessive
As a former bail enforcement agent, the system is fucked. If you can't afford the fee to be free until your court date which can be as low as $25 or as high as $1,000,000+ you are imprisoned.
Why has it got to be a choice between release on bail with no conditions or release on bail requiring a payment? Most countries place strict requirements on defendants released on bail, without relying on a cash system.
'If they actually committed a crime" in the first place. If someone says you did something, like in a domestic dispute, and a cop arrests you, you're *GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT*
Exactly. It is a collateral payment to show good faith. If someone has nothing to lose, why would they show up to court? They can just stay a fugitive until they get arrested again.
Indeed violent criminals and sex offender's with long history of violence get out in less than 6 hours while first time offenders and weed smokers stay in the system
I have been in and out of the criminal justice system for years and this guy is absolutely 100% correct. I’ve since got my life together thanks to my family and therapist. However....a lot of people don’t have a supportive family and people to guide them. It’s all about keeping people in the system through probation, fines, penalties, license suspensions which all lead to more money for the county. So corrupt and sad. Non violent criminals should be released. More money towards rehabilitation. I’m speaking from experience. Love you all. Stay safe
It's supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, not guilty until proven innocent. how can they hold you in jail as "undetermined" soley on suspicion and accusations..
If you are incarcerated because you cannot put up bail and are later convicted, you get 1.5 days credit per day spent in pretrial custody. If you are later proven innocent at trial, you get nothing for the days spent in pre-trial custody because you couldn't put up bail. The system is antiquated and needs massive overhaul. Outcomes like this make no sense
I've been in jail before, and I can attest to the poor getting fucked over because they cant bail out. Which means I'm forced to get a public defender, who is there to help the state catch a guilty plea, more so than to help you prove innocence. Every public defender I ever had, wanted me to just accept a plea deal rather than to fight it, even when I WAS innocent. I have fired several and acted as my own lawyer on a few cases, and won!!!
Bail is a collateral payment as a show of faith you will be at your court date. You are innocent until proven guilty, so if you can convince them you will come to court, you Don have to sit in jail waiting for trial. If you are a flight risk, danger to society, or cannot provide credible collateral, you are going to have to wait in jail for court. Often times, not bailing out for smaller crimes actually will help you in court because the judge sees the time you spent in jail and considers it in sentencing. You may walk out of court that day already having served your punishment.
@@sardonicspartan9343 do you wanna know the simple solution to this which was introduced by a lot of countries. Tie bail to income, so instead of 10k its a percentage of their weekly/monthly income.
@@sardonicspartan9343 you can do the same with tickets. It eases a lot of the substantial burden on the poor AND makes rich people less immune to speeding tickets and such.
I would bet you $1,000 that you have broken many different laws over the course of your life. So by that logic you're an unredeemable criminal. do you see the problem was just assuming that because someone did something once that they're always going to do that again and never deviate from that behavior? so your opinion is as soon as someone chooses to do something illegal or makes a mistake and does something illegal they are useless to society and should be locked in a cage and forgotten about. that is moronic on so many different levels in is a huge drain on the American society because of the massive expenses to the taxpayer to keep all these people locked up. Not to mention there are many many many u.s. laws that are just stupid that the majority of the population disregards anyway.
Really bad take, especially since most humans unilaterally follow laws. It's xenophobic and probably racist to assume any group of people inherently don't follow laws.
wow so funny. this guy is fighting for ppls rights and telling tragic stories and all u took from it is who he somewhat looks like? your mentality and iq is gonna take u far in life!
They're all bootlickers or essentially kids thinking the justice system is only for "bad" people. It makes you lose hope for our country. Those who have money get released. Those without it don't.
@@tiredox3788 What about it exactly is broken? If there is an area we can improve upon then lets talk about it. Simply generalizing that it's bad because of the possibility of innocent peoples being incarcerated doesn't mean anything. The honest truth about those in jail in our country is that most are in fact law breakers. They're not civil participants in our society. Is it everyone? No; people make mistakes, have biases, etc. and lives have been ruined because of that. I'm not excusing that. But we need to stop looking at the exceptions and focus on the rule.
