this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2024
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"If paying your way outta jail gets criminalized, then people will be unjustly in jail."
Thats not the bulletproof argument you think it is. Notwithstanding the horrendous disparities in the ~~in~~justice system, that argument implies that wealthy people have some inherent moral superiority above that of the normal person. Literal Victorian attitude.
This is a complete misunderstanding of the new law. You can still pay your own bail, but not others. Rich people can pay just fine, but communities can't come together to support each other and cover bail. This will hit hardest at strikers and protesters.
Well, that's something I learned today, thanks :)
The thing is that monetary bail and fining has always been icky to me because it basically creates a different, more lenient system for the rich while normal people have to suffer.
Yeah it sucks, it also creates an industry of high interest debt and bounty hunting.