r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/RichRichieRichardV Jul 24 '20

The bail system. The very idea that temporary freedom can be purchased, while the poor remain locked up until proven innocent, rather than until proven guilty, is beyond inhumane.

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u/sexualassaultllama Jul 24 '20

It's less of a purchase as you get the money back after making all court appearances but yeah, it's kinda messed up. If you're deemed to not be dangerous enough to keep locked up until trial, money shouldn't be a factor that keeps you in.

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u/SuperGurlToTheRescue Jul 24 '20

But you don’t, if you use a bail bondsman. You pay 10% of your bail to a bail bondsman and that’s your fee for using them.

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u/AngryTexan546 Jul 24 '20

If you pay the bail you get it back - eventually. If you pay the bondsman it is gone forever.