NonilexAug 25, 2025

#Wealth Should Not Determine #Liberty

#Trump to sign orders aimed at ending #CashlessBail policies

Trump plans to sign an #ExecutiveOrder on Monday that seeks to end cashless bail by threatening to revoke #federal #funding for jurisdictions that use it….

Trump is also expected to sign a separate order targeting #WashingtonDC that instructs #police to charge suspects with federal #crimes & hold them in federal custody to avoid cashless bail….

#law #justice #plutocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-sign-orders-aimed-ending-cashless-bail-policies-2025-08-25/

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#CashlessBail is a system where defendants are released from #jail while awaiting trial based on their promise to appear in court, rather than by paying a specific cash amount.

Many low-income people can't afford to post bond.

The nationwide #ExecutiveOrder will direct US AG #PamBondi to submit a list of #local & #state jurisdictions with cashless bail policies & identify #federal funds in those places that could be "suspended or terminated”.

#Trump #law #justice #plutocracy

Aug 25, 2025 at 2:56pmWeb
Show threadNonilexAug 25, 2025

The order aimed at #DC will call for #PamBondi to identify potential actions that include restricting #federal #funding, services & approvals.

The nation's capital was one of the first #US #cities to largely eliminate cash #bail in the 1990s. Under the city's policy, a judge assesses whether a defendant should be released from jail based on their risk of not showing up for trial.

#Trump #law #justice #CashlessBail #plutocracy

Show threadSouprMattAug 25, 2025
@Nonilex DC has an outstanding rate of people showing up for trial. The system is based on detaining only the truly dangerous and/or highest flight risks. Basing the system on who can afford bail is a de facto criminalization of poverty.
Show threadPeter BrownAug 25, 2025
@Nonilex is there no level to which they will not stoop?
Show threadThoriumAug 25, 2025
@Nonilex I wish the bastard would die already.