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WirelessBCupSupport t1_j293smd wrote

Reply to comment by HanaBothWays in California deputy killed by driver, suspect dies in shootout by cloud_coder

Bail has its pro and con...but the abuse will always be there.

We have the bail system because: defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Getting rid of bail means authoritarian law and giving up that.

You are innocent till proven guilty.

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HanaBothWays t1_j294ifo wrote

If we got rid of bail and judges were required to either release people pre-trial because they aren’t a threat/flight risk or keep them detained because they are, we might actually devote resources to ensuring a speedy trial instead of pressuring people to plea out to crimes they didn’t commit or let them buy their way out of detention, which is how it works now.

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kciuq1 t1_j29kpbb wrote

Bail makes it so that you are guilty until proven rich.

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