Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to End Money Bail (7.25.2018)

[Equinox Moon]

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Wednesday introduced legislation to end money bail on the federal level and create incentives for states to follow suit.

The No Money Bail Act is the latest example of the push from the left to tackle criminal justice reform. It would prohibit money bail in federal criminal cases, provide grants to states that wish to implement alternate pretrial systems, and withhold grant funding from states that continue using cash bail systems.

Additionally, the bail reform “requires a study three years after implementation to ensure the new alternate systems are also not leading to disparate detentions rates,” according to a summary of the bill provided by Sanders’s office.

https://theintercept.com/2018/07/25/bernie-sanders-money-bail/

[dawg day]

1. Off-topic, but I saw the Seagram heir

... who was arrested in that "sex slave cult" case got a bail of $100 million (she has a fortune of $200 million).

To most defendants, a $10K bail is bigger than that relatively.

So many are being held so that they CAN"T make bail-- they can't work and earn money.

It's not fair, and then we see Manafort allowed to be out to manipulate witnesses.

Most lower-income people aren't going anywhere-- they'll stay in their communities and families-- but they're the ones jailed because they can't make bail. It's imprisonment without trial.