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Republican governor extends 24-hour detention-without-charge limit to protect public safety while courts impose sky-high bail bonds for minor offences"
Baltimores under-fire criminal justice system risked antagonising its already seething local community on Wednesday by suspending legal procedures and imposing bail bonds of up to half a million dollars on the citys most impoverished residents.
In one especially stark case, a 19-year-old charged with eight offences allegedly committed on Saturday, including riot, theft and disorderly conduct, was set a bail of $500,000. Court records show the defendant, a black man, was sent to jail after failing to produce the funds."
Meanwhile, most of the 235 people arrested during riots and protests in the past week still have not been charged, after Marylands new Republican governor, Larry Hogan, effectively suspended the states habeas corpus law which limits detention without charge to 24 hours in a move he said was necessary to protect the public safety.
*The attorney said three of Baltimore citys district courts which would ordinarily have shared the load of cases were closed for no apparent reason. She reacted angrily to Hogans unilateral interference in detention-without-charge rules.
The fact they have rescinded this rule, which was introduced specifically to protect citizens from being screwed over, is insane, she said. But its business as usual for Baltimore. The justice system in this city is broken. This situation to me is the story of how Baltimore works.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/29/baltimore-justice-system-protests-curfew
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)They should sue.
elleng
(131,129 posts)'pending' further action.
FSogol
(45,529 posts)951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)elleng
(131,129 posts)I heard no numbers.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Tonight there are solidarity protests in West Coast cities,and in New York.
There have been demonstrations non-stop since Ferguson, all over the country.
And despite what history tells us, Baltimore is doubling down on the stupid, with these illegal arrests.
That is gonna bite 'em big time.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)and we can't figure out why they riot.
Detaining people without a charge is nothing new in Baltimore, hell what charge did they have on Freddie Gray? Ridiculous, credit The Guardian for focusing on what is important.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)ignite an already burning fire....and the recent report that Gray injured himself..which is total BS...my my my - hold on folks...this is not the 60s and 70s where news traveled slowly...so many are asking for peace...but seems those on high just keep feeding the fire...
The politicians have no one to blame but themselves.....