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Cuomo, in Bid to Help Poor, Proposes Ending Cash Bail for Minor Crimes
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<blockquote data-quote="trunks2k" data-source="post: 72177104" data-attributes="member: 24431"><p>They wouldn't be jailed until their court date. It'd essentially be "free" bail with an additional fine/punishment for failing to show up to court.</p><p></p><p>People are not likely to skip out on a court date for a minor crime, the threat of a harsh punishment for failing to show up is generally enough to make people show up. So requiring cash to get out on bail is generally unnecessary to begin with.</p><p></p><p>Then you gotta look at the effect cash bail can have on people. If you're poor, you can't afford that $500 directly out of pocket to get out on bail ASAP. It can take time to get that money together, in the meantime you're in jail which could mean you are missing work which means at least lost pay (possibly lost job). If they go to a bail bondsman, they are spending at least $50 that they will never see again even if they were totally innocent. That could be a good chunk of change for them.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: After re-reading your comment I realize it could have been meant as why require cash bail in the first place, why haven't they always been out on bail for free? If that's the case, it's because the money put up for bail is supposed to ensure that they actually show up to court and certain regions are starting to realize how unnecessary and unfair that system is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trunks2k, post: 72177104, member: 24431"] They wouldn't be jailed until their court date. It'd essentially be "free" bail with an additional fine/punishment for failing to show up to court. People are not likely to skip out on a court date for a minor crime, the threat of a harsh punishment for failing to show up is generally enough to make people show up. So requiring cash to get out on bail is generally unnecessary to begin with. Then you gotta look at the effect cash bail can have on people. If you're poor, you can't afford that $500 directly out of pocket to get out on bail ASAP. It can take time to get that money together, in the meantime you're in jail which could mean you are missing work which means at least lost pay (possibly lost job). If they go to a bail bondsman, they are spending at least $50 that they will never see again even if they were totally innocent. That could be a good chunk of change for them. EDIT: After re-reading your comment I realize it could have been meant as why require cash bail in the first place, why haven't they always been out on bail for free? If that's the case, it's because the money put up for bail is supposed to ensure that they actually show up to court and certain regions are starting to realize how unnecessary and unfair that system is. [/QUOTE]
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