I doubt anyone here thinks prosecuting everyone is a good thing, but it's a decent article that could sway the misguided :LIB: who wants to jail everyone.

  • Mrtryfe [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Meanwhile if you can't afford even cheap bail, youll be behind bars for months on end, and now even longer because the pandemic has backed cases up.

    I know someone who was at 9 months when a few people saved money for months to bond him out for 7.5k about 3 months ago. if that didn't happen, he'd be sitting in there for at least 18 months. And they sure as hell weren't attacking our vaunted "beacon" and "ziggurat" of democracy

    • congressbaseballfan [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      That’s why it pissed me off so much - this caveat needs to be repeated, even if we advocate for them to not being the hammer down on some of these people - it does give me pause when it comes to endorsing a “let’s not jail our enemies in an unjust system” because it’s not like we are seeing any progress in fixing that system for more vulnerable POC