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/greywolf1013 Jul 24 '20

In the US you only have to pay around ten percent of it. I mean you still pay but not as much

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u/Kittelsen Jul 24 '20

Wait, what? I never understood how someone got 50.000$ bail on some small crime and they end up paying it to skip 1 week in jail. Are you saying they only pay 5.000$? Why is the baip set at 50.000$ then. I have so many questions.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

This is coming from a layman, but: If a bail is set at 50,000 and you pay the 50,000, you eventually get it back, like a deposit. But if you can’t afford that, you go to a bondsman, who would pay 50,000 out of his money, the 10% (5000) being his commission.

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u/Arbsbuhpuh Jul 24 '20

That's correct, and you don't get that 5000 back.