Yeah, that’s not really what bail is and this will confuse people who don’t know.
Paying bail money doesn’t reduce time off your sentence, it makes it to where you don’t have to spend the duration of your trial in jail. After the trial, you’ll still have to spend the same amount of time in jail as you would have if you paid bail or not. Also, you get back your bail money at the end of trial as long as you don’t flee.
In fairness, this tweet doesn’t say it reduces the sentence, only that it reduces the jail timer, which is accurate–being able to pay bail means you get less time in jail
If you’re found not guilty you get less time in jail, yes. But if you’re found guilty, often times the time you spent in jail during the trial will count as time served towards your sentence. Otherwise you still have to serve the full sentence.
Yeah, that’s not really what bail is and this will confuse people who don’t know.
Paying bail money doesn’t reduce time off your sentence, it makes it to where you don’t have to spend the duration of your trial in jail. After the trial, you’ll still have to spend the same amount of time in jail as you would have if you paid bail or not. Also, you get back your bail money at the end of trial as long as you don’t flee.
In fairness, this tweet doesn’t say it reduces the sentence, only that it reduces the jail timer, which is accurate–being able to pay bail means you get less time in jail
If you’re found not guilty you get less time in jail, yes. But if you’re found guilty, often times the time you spent in jail during the trial will count as time served towards your sentence. Otherwise you still have to serve the full sentence.
Prison is not jail. Jail time is reduced, prison time is not.