Arguments Against Bail Reform

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United States locks up more people, per capita, than any other nation. Bail system has failed to keep people arrested out jail and the increasing rate of people in jail is alarming. Many District Attorney forment defendant to take a plea deal, instead of waiting for a trial (Buettner). Bail reform has help put fewer people in jail, but has lead to many lost jobs for people who works at the jail. Bail system is a profit motive for the bail industry.
Toni Messina was a young public defender for the Legal Aid Society in New York City (Messina).
Most of her clients to poor to make bail. Even if they did not commit the crime, it made sense for them to say they did. They would get out of jail quicker if the pleaded guilty than if they fought their …show more content…

In the criminal court, you are looked upon differently because of the conviction. Everyday life will be hard because you can get rejected from jobs, loans, licensing, traveling out the country, and even housing (Messina). Bail reform to let people who have a charges that is not violent and a treat to the community go into program like a house arrest is more fair than to have them sit in a jail til who knows when the trial is. Staying a jail only will only expenditure more tax people money. As the court system is increasingly taking longer and longer to discharge cases due to shrinking budgets and a rollback on available resources, the possibility of a lengthy pretrial detention only increases, inviting the risk of detainees losing jobs, missing social and familial obligations and incurring social stigma (Reese).
With few offenders in jail, there is less of a need for employment in the jail system. In twenty-four years the crime rate has drop in New York, below a hundred thousand for the first time since 1987 (Roberts). Many jailer are being laid off. Offering jobs and training programs that keep tracks of offenders out in the communities, would be a great opportunity. Job requirements would consist of giving advices and resources of way offenders can find lawyers or services that can help their …show more content…

From 1992 to 2006, bail has rise from twenty-five and four hundred dollar to fifty-five and five hundred dollar (Reese). “The idea that somebody goes and sits in Rikers Island (jail in New York City) and endures all of the hardship of that simply because they don’t have $500 or $1,000 is truly offensive and serves no public purpose,” said Jamie Fellner of Human Rights Watch (Reese). Intending to gain monetary or Profit motive of offender that cannot afford cash bail post is an unfair advantage. Laws that put a cap on bails and fees a bondsperson can collect. This law will prevent bail from being unaffordable and the jails be full of people who are stuck in jail because they cannot post cash bail or afford a bondsperson. Bondsperson should accept bonds that are less than a thousand dollar but include other collateral with the fee, such as titles to car, home, or property, that will be refunded once they show up for all court

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