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FatalAccident posted...

Also I totally get youre innocent until proven guilty, but what about those cases where somebody has like really obviously committed the crime.

There was still cash bail for those situations. That's why it only affects the poor. Is it equitable for a rich man to commit a crime and be able to easily afford cash bail to be released when a low income person who committed the same crime can't? So person A can pay their way out of jail pending trial but person B can't all because of finances? That's not fair or equitable. Is the poor person more or less of a flight risk than the financially well off person? Where will they go?

Likely what will happen is they will have to check in with something similar to a parole officer or they will be monitored with an ankle bracelet. That would make the most sense. Then they can still work and survive instead of languishing in a jail cell pending trial for a crime they may not have even committed.