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mule_roany_mare t1_jdy1f9v wrote

Reply to comment by Curiosities in New Yorkers overwhelmingly support bail changes ahead of state budget deadline: Poll by Grass8989

We need to get rid of bail bondsmen

  1. they inflate the amount of bail necessary by a ridiculous amount

  2. they keep their fee no matter what

Just set bail to be a sufficient amount to keep a person from running & return it all in full when they show up to court. There is no reason a person should pay a bail bondsmen 10k to cover their 500k bail.

Bail bondsmen shouldn't be picking up bail-jumpers either. That should be law enforcement's job.

TLDR

Bail is just supposed to ensure people show up to court & make it too expensive onerous to run.

It's not a fee for the privilege to waiting for trial outside jail.

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