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People of Color@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it

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Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it

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People of Color@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

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Critics of cash bail as a condition of pretrial release say it is especially unfair to Black people and other people of color.

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They froth at the mouth for any hypothetical incident where the laws do not permit something on behalf of an imagined crime they are afraid of.

Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

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