Laura SJul 20, 2023
Max Kennerly

Good. The whole concept of cash bail is that people should be detained pre-trial based on how much money they have, instead of whether they're a flight risk or a risk to the community. It's an indefensible system. It should be abolished everywhere.

"The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a state law eliminating cash bail. Illinois will now become the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail when the new law takes effect Sept. 18."
https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/illinois-supreme-court-upholds-far-reaching-law-ending-cash-bail

Illinois will make history as result of state supreme court decision on cash bail law

The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a state law eliminating cash bail.

ABA Journal
Jul 20, 2023 at 12:16amWeb
Show threadDaedaleanJul 20, 2023
@maxkennerly exactly.
Show thread OpenSoul Jul 20, 2023
@maxkennerly Totally agree. Cash-bail like in US is a method that here in Europe we cannot even understand.
Show threadAlex ZaniJul 20, 2023
@opensoul @maxkennerly Cash bail is used in at least Germany and France. The way and circumstances when the US sets bail are really bad, but it's not a uniquely American thing.
Show threadMahatmaJul 20, 2023
@maxkennerly First in the nation? I thought New York eliminated cash bail a few years ago - is there something different between the two I'm missing?
Show threadTracy HallJul 20, 2023

@maxkennerly

*IF* "cash bail" was meant to be an independent means to ensure appearance, *then* it would have been *proportional* to income and/or assets.

The fact that it is mostly of a fixed size deliberately chosen to be an impediment to the disadvantaged but not the advantaged shows its true intent.

Show threadexcited for the mastodon riseJul 20, 2023
@maxkennerly #massachusetts let's get our shit together. Being beat by Illinois is embarrassing!
Show threadMyOpinionJul 20, 2023
@maxkennerly Trump is a Rapist and the GOP/Nazi party is fine with that. I want to be clear the party of the religious right supports a known rapist.
Show threadMugsysRapSheet Blog ☑️Jul 20, 2023
@MyOpinion @maxkennerly
I think I know why:
Show threadDeripteridan (he/him, plus)Jul 20, 2023
@maxkennerly I can't tell you how many people's lives have been ruined due to the spectre of cash bail. Deplorable.
Show threadSandhuJul 20, 2023
@maxkennerly I agree. However, copaganda is in full speed. Especially outside of Chicago area. Some congressional districts are going to be tough going for Dems, crazy amounts of misinformation.
Show threadFrank Bennett 🇯🇵Jul 20, 2023
@maxkennerly If it had been applied uniformly in harmony with the purported logic of its purpose, the rule would have been that failure to appear results in forfeiture of everything you own and financial ostracism. If.
Show threadMugsysRapSheet Blog ☑️Jul 20, 2023

@maxkennerly
A lot of people (let's call them "Republicans") think abolishing #CashBail means abolishing ALL bail and simply letting people go after they're arrested (notice they never think it means "*deny* bail".)

The people working to end Cash Bail need to do a better of job of explaining what exactly that means.

Show threadMillicentTheMagnificentJul 20, 2023
@maxkennerly I believe we recently had a Prop here in California to address this issue, but, obviously, it failed. I voted for it. Cash bail is an undue burden.
Show threadHerHdeJul 20, 2023

@maxkennerly Last Week Tonight had some episodes on that matter iirc. Here is the newest I could find:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQLqIWbc9VM

(Sorry for YT link)

Bail Reform: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube
Show threadC0ppertopJul 21, 2023
@maxkennerly will the stupid states( Florida, Texas, Alabama … Idaho, you know who you are), follow suit?
Show threadCautionWIP (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🕎Jul 21, 2023
@maxkennerly Now let’s see it spread!