08-31-2020, 06:20 PM
(08-31-2020, 05:13 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: This statement is more an attack on the bail system itself than addressing the point Mason was making, that being that Harris advocated for an organization that actively assisted violent criminals to post bail.
What is wrong with helping someone post bail? The entire bail bonding industry is based on doing just that. Why isn't everyone complaining about them?
And why is it okay for wealthy people to make bond with their own money, but not poor people with the help of someone else?
Over half of the people setting in jail are not there because they have been convicted of a crime. They are there because they can not afford bail. Incarceration should be a punishment for breaking the law, not a punishment for being poor.
(08-31-2020, 05:13 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: So, then your solution is to remand all people accused of a violent crime at the detention hearing?
Solution to what?