• FlowVoid@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Some places have done away with bail on the basis that it targets the poor, like Illinois. But this couple would be in pretrial detention even in Illinois, 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.