Subj : bail
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Feb 27 2025 09:57:00

> Setting bail based on income sounds like a good idea, but I honestly don't kno
> what was wrong with the original system. My state rep said "The cash bail
> system wasn't fair to poor people," but the crimes they are accused of aren't
> fair to the crime victims.

I think that is the problem with the original system, or at least it is the
complaint about it.  If bail was based on income, or the abilty of the
accused to pay it, that should eliminate the complaint that the system is
not fair to poor people.  I don't necessarily believe it would lead to more
people being let go, which is not fair to victims, and would be more fair
to everyone... certainly more so than "cashless bail."


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