You know what they say about doing the same thing over and over.
If you don't try doing something different, you may never know what will
work, and what doesn't
It's clear what they were doing was not working. People would get thrown in
the slammer for a minor offense, and not be able to post bail right away.
When they eventually posted bail, they had lost their $7/hour job because
they didn't show for a few days. Then they couldn't repay the bond. Then
they would get thrown in jail for not paying that, rinse, repeat.
It ends up being a tax on being poor. Kind of a dumb way to run things.
In fairness, this isn't for every offender. There is a list of criteria
regarding the degree of the offense, risks to the community, and so on.
It has worked well in some other areas already. CA is not breaking new
ground here.
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 2:45 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> It will be a really interesting social experiment. Hope it works as they
> wish.
>
> *From:* Bill Prince
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 30, 2018 3:41 PM
> *To:* AFMUG
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT aintcha glad
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> They are such pillars of their communities.
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>
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 11:23 AM [email protected] <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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>> I read that yesterday. Crazy.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 1:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> You are not a bail bondsman in California...
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