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.
Lifeprotip #1:
If you don’t want an extremely high bail, then don’t be a fugitive.
Lifeprotip #2:
If you don’t want to wait 600 days for your trial, then don’t file endless appeals after every pretrial hearing.
Thank you.
Yes the US criminal justice system is fucked.
But this is not some poor schmucks getting shafted by the Gov just because.
They are both pulling every trick they can to stall this.
Cause giving guns to children who then shoot places up is just an expression of muh freedums!
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.