Re:Unable to Post Bail? You Will Pay for That for Many Years
by scottlocklin on Monday March 04, 2019 @06:18PM
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I bet they have apps they could require people to stick in their phone which do the same thing.
If not, and you feel like contributing to the dystopian hellscape we live in: business oppos!
Re:Unable to Post Bail? You Will Pay for That for Many Years
by simonh on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @06:30AM
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Phone aren't always on, aren't always in coverage and the app would have to be actually active when the phone is switched on anyway. How do you think it would work?
Re:Unable to Post Bail? You Will Pay for That for Many Years
by scottlocklin on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @12:54PM
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It would be a reminder app, and otherwise work exactly the same way as those creepy "spouse tracking apps" people use to catch cheating housewives.
Re:Unable to Post Bail? You Will Pay for That for Many Years
by fgonzag on Monday March 04, 2019 @06:50PM
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Unless you plan on surgically implanting the phone, I don't think that's a bulletproof plan
Re:Unable to Post Bail? You Will Pay for That for Many Years
by scottlocklin on Monday March 04, 2019 @06:54PM
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I dunno have you seen human beings lately? Most people seem to be surgically attached to their nerd dild^H^H^H phones. Assuming the bailee is a rational and well intentioned actor (the article does seem to imply many people miss court because they forget), this is probably a reasonable thing to do.
Re:Unable to Post Bail? You Will Pay for That for Many Years
by philwelch on Monday March 04, 2019 @08:39PM
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> I don't think private bondsmen in the US can legally contract to require people to wear ankle bracelets.
Well, that's something to think about, then. It wouldn't even necessarily just have to be between the suspect and the bondsman; you might also allow judges to allow bail contingent on the suspect wearing a locating device.
More fundamentally though, these sorts of "free market" theories tend to assume an unreasonable amount of options and knowledge of potential clients. See: payday loans. Sure, in theory all the details of the loans are pre-agreed, and customers sure do have a lot of options. In practice, the most ethical providers tend not to be the most successful.