Re:Abolish the Cash Bail System
by nobody9999 on Monday October 12, 2020 @09:20AM
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>The perpetrator of a bail-set crime should not have less practical punishment for the crime simply because they paid their way out of part of the punishment.
Except pretrial detention, which is where bail comes in, is done prior to adjudication (plea bargain, trial, etc.), not after.
As such, the folks we're talking about haven't been convicted of anything. And if, as is supposed to be the case, that one is innocent until proven guilty, you're advocating for innocent people to be punished.
Is that actually your stance on this, or were you not understanding the situation?
well, given that really atrocious crimes rarely have bail set, it seems as if the 'world being advocated' by the parent here is a world in which the punishment for your crime is not scaled by the amount of money you are capable of coming up with.
The perpetrator of a bail-set crime should not have less practical punishment for the crime simply because they paid their way out of part of the punishment.