Re:California governor signs overhaul of bail system
by shimms on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @12:52AM
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Because in the first example all the person lost was money, in the other - their liberty. Not sure how they're at all comparable.
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Re:California governor signs overhaul of bail system
by topmonk on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @11:03PM
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The judge can oversee it, and if it appears anything illegal was involved, he can disallow it.
With money, this is much harder, because it's difficult to determine where money really came from.