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Privatizing Poverty
In the US, bail is used to make sure people show up for their court date. How does this work in the UK?
gambiting
on Aug 24, 2018
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If someone is a flight risk, they are not given any bail and just sit tight for those 51 days. But being given bail and not showing up to court results in far harsher sentence, so it's a shit game to play.
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