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Topic	The justice system is unfair to minorities for sure, but...
ellis123 01/18/22 3:36:26 PM #18:	EzeDoesIt posted... Bail is so stupid. This guy did such and such, we NEED to lock him behind bars. This other guy did the same thing but then he wrote us a check so who cares, not like people who do this NEED to be locked behind bars. looks shiftily from side to side Bail is fine if the fines + bail is based on income/wealth instead of arbitrarily based on the judges whims. A bail in its nature is supposed to represent the idea that you are severely hampering your finances to get out early, but if the cost is less than 1% of your daily income then it isn't really anything to care about. Of course, that also assumes that the jail's goal is rehabilitation and that's not really the case in the US either. --- "A shouted order to do something of dubious morality with an unpredictable outcome? Thweeet!" My FC is in my profile. <cite>ellis123 posted [p:961858766] in The justic... [t:79859016]...</cite> <quote>EzeDoesIt posted... </cite> <quote>Bail is so stupid. This guy did such and such, we NEED to lock him behind bars. This other guy did the same thing but then he wrote us a check so who cares, not like people who do this NEED to be locked behind bars. looks shiftily from side to side</quote>Bail is fine if the fines + bail is based on income/wealth instead of arbitrarily based on the judges whims. A bail in its nature is supposed to represent the idea that you are severely hampering your finances to get out early, but if the cost is less than 1% of your daily income then it isn't really anything to care about. Of course, that also assumes that the jail's goal is rehabilitation and that's not really the case in the US either. --- "A shouted order to do something of dubious morality with an unpredictable outcome? Thweeet!" My FC is in my profile.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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