Don’t get me wrong here. I’m enjoying the hell out of the schadenfreude of watching some rich entitled twerps reaching the “find out” stage.
But the other part of me sees this and just thinks, can we maybe work on fixing our criminal justice system so that it doesn’t take a half million dollars of bail and constant harassment by police to continue living one’s life BEFORE A CONVICTION happens? Sure, in this case, it sounds pretty cut-and-dried and seriously fuck this dude.
But there are so many people languishing in lockup because they lack the resources for bail in a justice system that presumes guilt for anyone arrested while technically claiming to presume innocence. Waiting in lockup for a year and a half while the courts creep along is grotesque and horrifying.
Again, laughing at these rich assholes, but still feeling like maybe our entire bail system is kinda fucked up.
Don’t get me wrong here. I’m enjoying the hell out of the schadenfreude of watching some rich entitled twerps reaching the “find out” stage.
But the other part of me sees this and just thinks, can we maybe work on fixing our criminal justice system so that it doesn’t take a half million dollars of bail and constant harassment by police to continue living one’s life BEFORE A CONVICTION happens? Sure, in this case, it sounds pretty cut-and-dried and seriously fuck this dude.
But there are so many people languishing in lockup because they lack the resources for bail in a justice system that presumes guilt for anyone arrested while technically claiming to presume innocence. Waiting in lockup for a year and a half while the courts creep along is grotesque and horrifying.
Again, laughing at these rich assholes, but still feeling like maybe our entire bail system is kinda fucked up.
Yeah, I don’t think anyone would argue with that - it’s a mess.
Like you said, though, this isn’t really the best case study in that.