Cash bail is an anachronism that makes a bunch of money at the expense of society's undesirables, so little progress is made on fixing it. See also the private prison system.
Run by the Democratic Party. If they run pretrial services like they've run their high-speed train to nowhere, they will get societal collapse.
> Brooklyn Community Bail Fund
Where the judges are elected on Democratic Party tickets. Where the law has always said those same judges can grant bail without commercial bonds...
> (UK) Bail Act 1976
To implement this in New York would simply require removing the Democrats from the bench and finding judges who would follow the law. Scrutinize and Reinvent Albany recently did another piece about getting Democrats to follow the law already on the books.[1]
> The bail bonds industry will fight tooth and nail to keep this from happening.
Fight who? lolol Shouldn't these people be protesting car dealerships or something?
thayne•9mo ago
Finbarr•9mo ago
avidiax•9mo ago
I do feel like we need a low-cost solution to monitored release. Something like an ankle monitor that isn't ridiculously overpriced, or just an app on the defendant's phone for misdemeanors. Maybe someday you can have the defendant swallow an AirTag that adheres itself to the stomach for a few months, and perhaps monitors pre-trial conditions such as discontinuing alcohol or drug use.
Finbarr•9mo ago