The parents of Oxford High school shooter Ethan Crumbley have remained jailed for more than a year and a half, held on bonds some argue are excessive and politically motivated.
It is that way, but it shouldn’t be that way. Bail unfairly targets the poor. Filing appeals should be standard procedure when you’re deciding whether or not someone has to spend years in a prison.
Some places have done away with bail on the basis that it targets the poor, like NJ, IL and the UK. But eliminating bail does not mean eliminating all pretrial detention. This couple would be in pretrial detention even in states without ball, because their own actions made them a flight risk.
And appeals are meant to be used when you think the judge made a legal error, not when you simply don’t agree with the law. If you can’t acknowledge that a correctly applied law may be used against you, then your trial will take longer than most.
It is that way, but it shouldn’t be that way. Bail unfairly targets the poor. Filing appeals should be standard procedure when you’re deciding whether or not someone has to spend years in a prison.
Aren’t they in CA? CA cash bail programs recently.
Guess these two fall into the exception part. Where no one is sure they will show up in court.
Some places have done away with bail on the basis that it targets the poor, like NJ, IL and the UK. But eliminating bail does not mean eliminating all pretrial detention. This couple would be in pretrial detention even in states without ball, because their own actions made them a flight risk.
And appeals are meant to be used when you think the judge made a legal error, not when you simply don’t agree with the law. If you can’t acknowledge that a correctly applied law may be used against you, then your trial will take longer than most.