They say crime doesn’t pay, and President Barack Obama’s administration is making sure that old saw comes true.
But not how you’d expect.
If Obama has his way, from now on anyone accused of a crime doesn’t have to pay bail!
In the latest example of political correctness run amok, the Justice Department now claims bail is unfair to low-income suspects – because it is discriminating against people with no money.
“Bail practices that incarcerate indigent individuals before trial solely because of their inability to pay for their release violate the Fourteenth Amendment,” the department said in a brief filed in federal court, according to NBC News.
As a result, anyone who can’t pay should just be allowed to waltz right out of the jailhouse … and cops are supposed to just trust that they’ll return for their court dates.
But while the suspects don’t have to pay, the rest of us could – because when the accused don’t show up for court, we have to pay overtime to overworked cops and deputies to go out looking for them.
In this specific case, a suspect accused of “pedestrian under the influence” in Calhoun, Georgia complained after being held for six days because he couldn’t pay his bail.
The case ended up in federal court, where the Justice Department didn’t take the side of our law enforcement officers.
They took the side of the suspect!
“Fixed bail schedules that allow for the pretrial release of only those who can pay, without accounting for ability to pay and alternative methods of assuring future appearance, do not provide for such individualized determinations, and therefore unlawfully discriminate based on indigence,” the agency said in its court filing.
The federal appeals court ruled for the suspect and ordered the city to release absolutely everyone accused of misdemeanors who didn’t have bail.
That ties the hands of local judges, forbidding them from treating each defendant on a case-by-base basis and allowing folks who they can trust to walk free while keeping the ones who might bolt locked up.
And in typical Obama Administration fashion, the move not only sides with criminal defendants over the legal system … it also threatens to undermine an entire industry and cost the nation thousands of jobs.
Until now, people who cannot pay – rich or poor – have been able to turn to bail bondsmen for help getting out of jail.
“Bail is a liberty-promoting institution as old as the republic,” former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement wrote to the court on behalf of both Calhoun and the American Bail Coalition, according to Reason. “In fact, the text and history of our founding charter conclusively confirm that monetary bail is constitutional.”
For a small fee, a bail agency puts up the cash for you.
It works like a charm most of the time, and for the small percentage of folks who don’t turn up there’s always Dog the Bounty Hunter and his pals.
Now, the bail bondsmen and bounty hunters could be staring at the unemployment line as an “institution as old as the republic” falls in the name of political correctness.
Share your thoughts on the Department of Justice’s plans to abolish bail for lower income suspects. Comment below.
— The Horn editorial team
YES!!! HE IS CRAZY!!!! This man has vowed to destroy this country, and he has a good head start! The only one I put my trust in, is God! And, hopefully He’ll get Trump elected, and all the garbage will go away!!!
I totally agree with you! I’m praying to God also.
Me too
If you “REALLY” think that will help please continue.
Otherwise – start a movement and get his ass out of the oval office before he destroys this country.
Excuse me? He already has and if Hillary gets in, multiply it 1,000 fold and we won’t have a country! It’s on life support right now!
Probably what is coming next will be all non white felons be released from federal prison immediately!
What Ocrap does doesn’t surprise me anymore. Why? Because he IS a criminal. They think alike. And yes! He’s already destroyed our country. Our only hope for a different direction and to stop some of the destruction this evil thing has done to our country is to vote for Trump. Hildebeast will assure his 3rd term and then…..we’re done. Everyone, please wake up now and save our country.
His “ass” will be out of office come January. We better stop concentrating on him and start concentrating on KEEPING HILLARY OUT OF OFFICE! She is Obama in a pantsuit and will continue to do what he has started and this nation will be decimated! This nation needs ALL THE PRAYERS it can get. Obama will continue to do exactly as he damn well pleases as he has done since his first day in office. We need to concentrate on keeping Hillary out of office and getting rid of all those GOP members that refuse to back Trump and are basically telling Americans to vote for Hillary. With a party that doesn’t support the people’s choice for the Republican ticket, we are not only fighting against the Democratic party but all those “good old boys (and girls)” in office in both houses of Congress. They are afraid of a bit less money going into their pockets because they know that Trump will shake Washington up and the “good old boys” will have a fight on their hands to continue to keep putting that money into their pockets and keep the money flowing the way they like it to flow. Thank God that Obama will soon be gone from the presidents office, but if Hillary gets the office, then I wouldn’t be afraid to bet that we will be seeing Obama in the black flowing robes of the Justices of the Supreme Court where he can continue to destroy what is left of America with Hillary’s help.
Corrupt lying DICTATOR OBAMA IS GETTING WHAT HE WANTS JUST LIKE HITLER DID IN GERMANY DESTROY THE SYSTEM COMPLETELY AND MAKE AMERICA A third world country with NO FREEDOM LIBERTY OR A CONSTITUTION THAT PROTECT WE THE PEOPLE FROM OBAMA TRYANNY AND LIES! Wake up America MARTIAL LAW IS COMING TO AMERICA!!!
You are right
What would he have to do to be impeached? I swear, he has a new surprise for the citizens of this country every day! I
cannot wait until January when he will finally be out of the White House. We must keep praying for God to put
the right people in place to save our country. And please pray for the safety of Donald Trump and his family. Who would ever have thought that this mess would be the State of the Union? This country is going to have to make many changes in order to be the country we all have thought that it was. Term Limits would be a good start. We have to name and recognize the Corrupt and vote them out of office. We need to also pray to bring God back into or schools and our lives.
You are so right! America wake up….
That Cinton will be running neck to neck with Trump in the polls, is proof to me that half the Country is still asleep!!!
Wake up America from the sleep of death afore is too late !!! WAKE UP!!! In Jesus Mighty and matchless name!!!
Everyday I observe mr Obama’s behavior toward this Nation and We the people convinces me that he deserves every name he is being called and more: He is a lost cause.
That is his mission
Forrest Gump was right!!!! STUPID is what STUPID does..
And if Trump gets elected…..you won’t need God anymore? Because Trump even more perfect than Him, right? After all, Trump has been so perfect he’s never even felt the need for forgiveness……..as Christ taught us to pray……
We could of course take advantage of this most historic election and elect Gov. Gary Johnson and Gov. Bill Weld…they are both proven Leaders……and if you honor our Military, they overwhelmingly support them by 39% with Trump & Hillary below 30…….
Wehms,,your nuts, are you trying to be funny? If your are , it’s NOT working, to be honest, your down-right sickening, get over yourself and get a life, your boring , good gracious!!!!
Well thank you for your attack on me Helen. Was not i tending to sound funny so I am glad it did not come across as such. As Trump and Hillary are both generally reviled by the majority of Americans, I was merely trying to point out the option that has been endorsed by Mitt Romney as well as numerous other prominent Republicans and Democrats alike….two former Republican Governors with proven track records in “blue States” that also have the support if the majority of the Military and far fewer (if any?) scandals in their background.
As I am a Minister for Jesus, I will refrain from hurling any insults at you.
Blessings
Whems: Mitt Romney…Who??
Who is Mitt Romney???? Wasn’t he the original sponsor of Obama-Care?????
Gary Johnson? Just a vote for Hillary.who are you to judge? God? Thank God your not.
Well, as Gary Johnson points out, a vote is only wasted if you vote for someone you do not believe in. As I join the majority of Americans in their lack of faith in the two Parties that are essentially holding America hostage, I will not vote for “the lesser of two evils” as that would still equate to voting for evil…..
Blessings
so why even comment? You may be a man of faith, but you sure don’t sound like any man of faith I know. Good Christian men know their place and you sir, do not. If you are not intending to vote as you say for the lesser of two evils, you do NOT have a right to this conversation. Good Day, and God Bless
Why did you need to bring Trump into this??? This is about Obama and the criminal justice system. You have a point in that Gary Johnson and Bill Weld are a better choice than both Hillary and Trump. However, unless a miracle happens, voting for them will only count as a vote for Hillary, because they aren’t popular enough to capture the election, sad to say.
I was responding to Aline suggesting Trump would solve all the problems by making “all the garbage go away!!!” so that is how Trump came into the Obama discussion…..
And, Despite every shred of evidence to the contrary……I find it frightening that so many Republicans seem to believe Trump while referring to her as the most dishonest person in history yet Factcheck as well as every other source available say that Trump is lying nearly 76% of the time and Hillary lies only about 11% though that’s still at least 10% too much……
Gary Johnson on the other tells the truth so much he will not stand a chance……people prefer to believe the fairy tales of Hillary or the repulsive bile of Trump…..neither of which will do anything in the long run other than heaping yet more debt onto your children’s heads…..
Stop lying. You are getting boring.
I am Praying that you whom commenting on (just above) will Eat your Words regarding TRUMP a year or so from HIS DEFEAT OVER KILLARY !!! YOU ARE NOT GOD !!!
U are so right Paul
So, your point being made that we should not elect either Canidate other than the one of your benevolent choosing. Please enlighten us, the ignorant masses of what we should do. Lead us not into temptation oh mighty one of political savvy.
You dear sir, are a “USEFUL IDIOT” as Vladimir Ilych Uiyanov (Lennon) has been quoted when speaking of westerners duped into saying good things about bad regimes. Trump is truly a better choice as appose to the continuation a lawless regime that finds its power through manipulation and murder.
Me enlighten you? All I can say is what Ted Cruz so eloquently said: “Vote your conscience!!!” But IMHO, voting for “the lesser of two evils” is still voting for evil…..
Good luck
Don’t listen to him. He is only getting a rise out of you. He is a liar as well as EVIL.
You are lying. STFU
If they get out without paying then they should be released on all politicians lawns including inside the White House gate
Remember the documentary “2016”. Dinesh in trouble but he was right. Obama wants socialism for sure but also favors the Muslims.
We have to do more than pray — we have to get out and inspire people to vote. We really do have to, even if we’re politically lazy. Our lives are on the line guys. Its later than you think!!!!!!!! After this lunatic, we have Hillary Rodham Clinton and her girlfriend, Huma, right around the corner. If that isn’t scary, I don’t know what is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let the Church say Amen!!!
AMEN
i agree
Hell why doesn”t he just come out and say no matter what the crime you will do NO time……just like himself, Loretta Lynch, Hillary and Bill Clinton, John Kerry and a few others who will not due any time or lose any money from the money laundering, fraud and embezzling that has been going on…..Maybe this is the only way he can protect the Clintons and himself from any jail time or fines??????????????????? What a wasted diversity move he has become.
TRUMP/PENCE 2016 thru 2024
Welcome to the White House President Trump and VP Mike Pence……….
Resettle the newly released poor murderers in Washington, CD, Chicago, New York, and other Sanctuary cities.
If you vote for Trump this country will constantly flip flop because Trump does it all the time. Check your research fully and don’t listen to Fox News because they lie all the time. I find Republicans to be very negative and blame everything on President Obama. He is going down in history as one of the best Presidents.
Hey MORON,,(Obama) the saying goes like this: IF you can’t afford the time, DON’T DO THE CRIME…. Your legacy will be. Most moronic, criminally compliant asshole to ever step foot into the White House. PERIOD……
That’s “Don’t do the crime if ya can’t do the time” ……but then, YOU are judging them guilty before they’ve been to Court….lime most idiotic douchebags. The Constitution states that bail should not be “unreasonable.” There’s a lot to argue there……
Anyway, tgis caught my attention vecause I was railroaded many years ago on a “Public Intox” charge…..I was drivi g at the time. I asked the a-hiole why he didn’t charge me with drunk driving as that would have been a bigger deal and he told me that for DUI/DWI they were REQUIRED to give a breath and/or blood test Nd he KNEW I had not been drinking!!! Next morning the Judge asked me how I Pled and I initially said “Not Guilty” and he said I had to put up a piddly assed $100 bond/bail….no problem (except this was before ATM’s ????) but there was a Bank right across the street…..except, they wouldn’t let me access it….they had already denied me my phone call…..so I would have to stay in jail until They said I would “accrue $6 a day” until the $100 built up!!!! And I had just started a new job I really didn’t want to lose…..I asked what I could do and the Judge said Plead Guilty and I could just leave with $100 fine…….(what?) I said if I can’t pull a $100 out of my ass for bail I couldn’t for a fine either!!! He said, “Oh, you can bring that back any time in the next 30 days!!!”
Sadly, that was not my first dealing with a-holes with badges….just my first as an adult…..and more sadly, not my last…I can honestly say I have never been arrested for something I did…..but, mostly due to a vindictive “Ex,” I have had way to much experience learning the power of people willing to abuse it……
Maybe if you learned how to spell you would have at least one friend that could of brought you the $100 bail.
Well, I didn’t run Spell Check and my fat fingers miss here and there…..I caught them too when I reread it…..not that any of that makes a bit of difference when I was denied my RIGHT to a phone call…..but then if your reading comprehension was better, you would have alreading seen (& comprehended) THAT (if you need the definition for the word “comprehend” there are these books known as “dictionairies” ….check it out)
As I said….I was never arrested for anything I did……that of course is because I never really did anything “too wrong.” The only Law I ever broke (not counting speeding or “California stops” sliding through Stop signs w/o completely stopping) was smoking pot…..even that, I almost never smoked outside my house….usually just an hour or so before bed…never, ever at work….in fact, my total usage cost around just $45 a YEAR!!! (I’m guessing that might be around $120 today? though, I grow my own now, legally with a medical card) and in my mind, is a stupid Law to have…..as this belief is finally becoming more common than not.
You are so perfect Mr. Wehms. Go Away.
Thank you Larry….but I am really far from it. Though I do try to emulate my Lord, Jesus, I know I likely disappoint Him frequently….thankfully, He forgives me.
Blessings
Why didn’t you request to be released O.R.?
So now we now you have a dog in the fight, being a crook who was in jail. Now shut up.
This man needs to be seriously psychoanalyzed, he is a danger to every hard working and law abiding American. Why has congress let this man get away with the things he has done?
What needs to moderated the truth is the truth no matter how you spin it.
Perry, they are weak, lazy, or just plain, ” I don’t care” attitude…..
CRAZY? CRAZY LIKE A FOX. BO KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS DOING. HIS AGENDA IS TO MAKE AMERICA A 3-RD WORLD NATION FULL OF PAIN, TERROR AND LAWLESSNESS. EVIL INTENT IS THE GUIDELINE HERE. HRC WILL BE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF THIS SAME EXACT THING X 550%. THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE OR WE ARE EMBARKING ON FALLING OFF A CLIFF – NEVER TO BE THE SAME. GOD BLESS AMERICA. PLEASE.
CRAZY? CRAZY LIKE A FOX. BO KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS DOING. HIS AGENDA IS TO MAKE AMERICA A 3-RD WORLD NATION FULL OF PAIN, TERROR AND LAWLESSNESS. EVIL INTENT IS THE GUIDELINE HERE. HRC WILL BE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF THIS SAME EXACT THING X 550%. THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE OR WE ARE EMBARKING ON FALLING OFF A CLIFF – NEVER TO BE THE SAME. GOD BLESS AMERICA. PLEASE.
I agree with u 100% the BITCH HILLARY WILL BE 4 more years of OBAMA DICTATORSHIP R EVEN MAYBE 8 more years and the Supreme Court will turn this nation into a TOTALITARIAN REGIME AND WE THE PEOPLE BECOME SLAVES TO THE SYSTEM….wake up in November and VOTE FOR TRUMP!!!!!!
When I believe there is nothing more to not believe, he makes me believe in more not to believe!
Obama will continue to do everything possible to eliminate jobs & cause America to be less safe for Americans! It is the anti-America, anti- President of the United States role he’s been assigned to. He is implementing Muslim Law (Sharia Law) and eliminating American Law (The Constitution) at every opportunity. And for some unknown reason, Congress is allowing his insanity!
We are seeing jihad attacks weekly, sometimes daily, and the narrative is firmly set; Insanity. The only insanity in these cases is the leftwing media/political elites’ refusal of reality. Scrubbing, whitewashing, Islam is insane. Bringing in millions of Muslim migrants is insane.
28,957 Muslim Refugees Admitted into U.S. Since October 2015!
Obama & Hillary want what is happening in Britain to happen here! This is the most important video you can watch about the problem!
Watch this video!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?sns=em&v=AUq26WiZKpU
Stop paying taxes and they will not get paid and maybe learn who is in charge of America
Great idea but it must come from the State Government to bring fourth the 10th amendment and tell their constituents to stop paying Federal Taxes and only State taxes should be continued. Although I live in California and we are run by communists-marxists and progressive Democrats so don’t think we’ll be able to participate.
They print the money they need whether you pay your taxes or not.
They don’t even have to print the money. They only have to say that it exists.
They basically never have had to pay bail. You won’t see poor people stuck with charges that will bring in tons of money to the county either or state cause they can’t pay the fines etc.
O already let 6,000 drug dealers go and will let more go before he leaves office. We have a Dictator running around doing what ever he wants up in our faces. We don’t have anyone on our side. Comey proved that.
Obama does not care, once he leave the white house, he will be taken care of for life, lifetime salary, lifetime health insurance and lifetime security. What does it matter to him. He’s a piece of shit.
Typical LIBRETARD logic!!! OneBigAssMistakeAmerica!!!!! Keep the HILDABEAST out!!! VOTE TRUMP!!!! If not, the USSA is right around the corner!!!
Sound good for the poor people.
This may actually be something he has done right for a change
Nothing surprising about this. Obama sets the rules, appoints judges to follow through and he continues to ruin America.
Our entire Congress should be impeached for not having the guts to impeach Obama
Voting for Clinton will just continue our downhill slide because she has no morals and surrounds herself with those that want to destroy our way of life,
VOTE TRUMP
Obama is the worst president America has ever had, al we can pray is that Hod has mercy on us, and that some day he will get his payback .
If not here when he stands before God at the judgement seat .
God help America if Clinton is elected, she is as bad and maybe a little more money, and power hungry.
RCH
Crazy is not the word he is a dumb f_ck. That worthless piece of sh_t need to be impeach ASAP before the election because he will rig the election because he has everything to gain and nothing to lose. All I can say is where is Congress they need to impeach that piece of sh_t out of there ASAP.
Flat wrong on this. Your use of “criminals” is BS. These are poor people that would otherwise be granted low bail but cannot afford it and are unwilling to pay a bail-bondsman the high fee asked. If there is an actual danger to the community, the judge can still refuse bail or set it high WITH STATED REASONS. These are ACCUSED and innocent until proven guilty, remember, or are you gone all fascists on us here? When I go to jail (for non-violent creative civil disobedience) I almost always refuse bail so that I can minister from the inside to inmates and guards plus run up costs to the lame-brained “tax-payer” that affords the state this method of tyranny. The 14th A is well cited here, not that this is the turning point for universal freedom by a long shot (that would take disbanding the unconstitutional standing army masquerading as ‘police forces’. or at least taking away their publicly owned guns (tanks, body armor, tasers)). To Hell with all that support an earthly nation or any of its trappings and I have the word of Christ and the Apostles on that.
Then why not ban the police all together. Hey, who needs them. God. Do you really want to depend on the good will of man and its fear of God?
Its very disgusting to see some idiot to drunk or stoned to cross a street and then to have try to explain to your kids what’s happening… No cops, no bail, no courts, perfect… Everybody knows the prisons are just over flowing with innocent people.
This just goes to show you how insane Obama really is. I did not know criminals were rich. Not all criminals are rich like Hillary and Obama are. Obama wants to do this incase he and Hillary have to go to jail once OUR MAN TRUMP becomes our next President!!
No, he’s not crazy, he is a TRAITOR, who is carrying out his promise to fundamentally transform America, AKA DESTROY AMERICA. This could be a good thing for some Americans, for example, an illegal alien rapes, beats or kills your daughter. What is the injustice dept of this country ultimately going to do other than release this piece of savage scum right back into society? Now that Omuslamo is going to immediately release them back into society, you have more time to hunt the bastard down. kill it and get proper justice and eliminate future casualties like poor Kate Steinle.
I suspect he is trying to pass this law because he knows that many of the released on bail folks will run instead of showing up for court. Then they can arrest them for the bigger charge and fill the prisons that are being run by private corps who are making a 45 thousand dollar a year profit off of each inmate.
It’s time this POLITICALLY CORRECTNESS CRAP STOPS. If something is wrong it’s wrong, and if it’s right it’s right, no mater who
it offends. Therefore these idiots pushing it need to be horse whipped every time they bring it up.
Bail is returned when the suspect shows up for trial. So rather than suspending bail for “poor people”, liberals can establish a fund where they can donate to the cause and help the poor out.
Good idea! Too bad most Liberals only TALK. But I suppose they’d support a plan to fund it with taxpayers’ money, administered by a “non profit” headed by a woman lawyer drawing a seven-figure salary!
A no its not returned the suspect pays and does not get that bond money back so poor people that are being accused not necessarily guilty lose out on money they cant really afford to lose
From my understanding of the law, many misdemeanors are not bail requiring charges, in so much that many misdemeanors have no bail so that the person signs themselves out under promise to appear. Public drunkenness usually carries no bail, but resisting an officer trying to arrest you is a bail requiring offense. So the courts chose to ignore the law in order to support the Obama administration of the rewriting of American law.
The other side of the coin is that in order to justify a bail, more charges, possibly felony in nature will materialize in order to hold a dangerous person under bail that would necessarily be released under Obama’s criminal administration. With many criminals holding only criminal employment, it would be difficult to show gainful employment, so a state of indigent standing becomes common, though they carry thousands of dollars in their pocket. Since most full time criminals seldom ever claim any modest income, and under the new rules championed by Obama, most anyone arrested for crimes, that has a long criminal history, can also claim that they have no money for bail so they must be released, clogging the courts with cases where the defendant never appears, so the case is continued to another court date, making the courts even further behind, and lessening the chance of any particular case ever making it to trial because of Sixth Amendment rights.
I am not siding with Obummer or his “Justice” department, but the article did say MISDEMEANORS, so let’s not conclude that violent felons will just walk. Of course, there’s no reason the law cannot be fixed at the state or local level by simply enacting a “once only” clause: you get off without bail the first time, but any repeat offenses (before the first is adjudicated) are automatically denied bail. They could even classify failure to appear [for that first court date] as a felony, thus bail IS required, and the suspect possibly even denied bail as a flight risk. I suppose this proposal by POTUS could cost a few jobs in the bail bonds sector, then offset by an increase in work for investigators and skip tracers, but there will NEVER be a decline in the flow of money to lawyers and judges (in fact, no such plan would ever be implemented unless they allow it, based on its impact on their bottom line). We have long been a society Of the Lawyers, By the Lawyers and For the Lawyers (which includes all judges, and nearly all of our representatives), so THEY will continue to profit.
The Muslim President is a slave to Satan and a disgrace to the human race, the half white half back commie will enjoy his place in hell and no bail there for sure.
This scum bag piece of MUSLIM pig shit needs to go !! Out of office NOW!!! he is ruining this country in the worst possible way. Now because Poor people who commit the most crimes can now get out of jail free?/ What complete fucking fool this black african American is !! He is a disgrace to the proud and honored AFRICAN AMERICANS born and raised here.
There are two basic types of humans on this planet men and women peered but he is proving there is a third type. Piece of scum bag pig shit that need to be tried convicted and then drawn and quartered on national and global television as a warning to everyone everywhere not to act and be like him.
It sounds like the person spent six days in jail for being drunk in public. How long would the guy have been in jail if he had been found guilty and sentenced on the day of his arrest? The purpose of bail is to ensure that an accused person can go about life while waiting for their day in court. It also saves the taxpayers money because we aren’t having to pay to feed and house a bunch of people. It sounds like common sense should have come into play on the original case.
Of course he is – just another voting block of A-holes to capture for the Democratic party.
Thank God Dingy Harry isn’t running again at least well be done with the non existent pugilist.
Does it not occur to these people that the reason many of the prisoners live unlawfully by preying on others and probably have unknown assets?
LET THE CRIMINALS OUT OF THE JAIL HOUSE. LET THEM GO RAMANT IN THE STREETS, CAUSE RIOTS, KILL PEOPLE, AND THEN OBUMBA CAN CALL MARSHALL LAW AND BECOME PRESIDENT FOR LIFE. THAT IS HIS PLAN. JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN’T POST BAIL YOU ARE FREE TO GO. BULL. HE’S THE ONE THAT SHOULD GO TO JAIL.
All though the question weather Obama is crazy has to be answered with “He’s crazy lke a Fox”, with the people he has already released into our society streets convicted felons by the thousands not including letting go all the dangerous Gitmo combatants, that said I’d be happy if and when he finishes destroying our country he gets put in the smallest cell and fed bread and water only for the rest of his life, Oh and lets not forget his solemate Hillary Clinton.
What’s next???
This issue is addressing non violent offences that are not serious crimes and with that ill agree bail money for dui or shoplifting gum or public intoxication should not b required as long as the defendant can prove he has stability in one form or another. A blanket incarceration is not solving our problems or lowering the numbers we as tax payers have to take care of while knuckleheads sit in jail . Its commonvsense.
Gee, I think this is great news for me…………………Now Granny can go wild and commit a crime and because I am poor,
I can skate. Wow, maybe I can be a Hillary criminal too. Movin on up to the big leagues. Yessssssssssssssss!
This doesn’t make a bit sense. How about they think about not committing a crime. Why do we have to pay the price. Also, wouldn’t increase crime if you knew there is less punishment?
I really Loathe the POTUS, but on this case I have to agree with the Justice Department and the Executive. BAIL should be based on the ABILITY TO PAY, as SHOULD FINES. For a $500 bail or fine to a millionaire is nothing, yet to a working poor person could be the difference in survival.
Reasonable Bail which is what the law requires is what should be required. Someone making $300 a week say $100… Someone making $4000 a week maybe $1500 is reasonable. And it depends on the crime and if there is a victim… No one should be in jail for 6 days for Drunk in Public… that is totally unreasonable.
Michael Horn-
i was jailed once for SEVENTEEN DAYS for trespassing, and i never did it. A guy(former friend) lied under oath at least twice(when he swore out the complaint AND in court), and i was jailed. No one would go the hundred-dollar bail. After i was in for eleven days, i got a second hearing before a judge, who asked me how i pled: i replied “Not Guilty,” and “I will be justified!” He sent me back to jail for another 6 days before i got in front of a more reasonable judge who RoR’d me.
As you might well imagine, i became quite angry and perturbed; eventually, i gave it all to God and said “GET HIM!”
Several years later, i discovered he had testicular cancer; in addition, he first watched his sister die of cancer, then his mom, then his brother. He’s the only one left, and last i heard, had changed his name(like God doesn’t know who he is).
It’s never a Good Thing to lie under oath, especially on someone who does not rely on the courts of THIS world for justice, but upon his Father in Heaven.
Well, folks after reading some of the comments, it turns out we have a “man of faith” with us today. He too lies and spews hatred but trys to Bless us. Back to the subject at hand. obama can always go home, remember that. He can go back to his country and leave ours in ruins as he has shown for the last 7.5 years. Who is he to determine who pays for bail or not instead of saying…DON’T COMMIT ANY CRIME AND YOU WON’T HAVE TO PAY??????????? This would only make sense to those who plan on committing VIOLENCE AND SPEW HATE. Think about that
Ministers like wehms is another problem with this country.
Go to your Bible and just open it randomly anywhere and “Jesus” will speak to you.
I don’t really think you are a real ordained minister. Self anointed maybe.
I believe obama is a muslim and his goal is to divide and bankrupt America.
All his actions have been to destroy our rights and freedoms.
Don’t be silly.. he is not a minister. He is a troll probably livingin in his mothers basement.
The article stated “Bail is a liberty-promoting institution as old as the republic,” former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement wrote to the court on behalf of both Calhoun and the American Bail Coalition, according to Reason. “In fact, the text and history of our founding charter conclusively confirm that monetary bail is constitutional.”n It also stated for misdemeanors not felony crimes. But, just where is this written about bail? What charter is this quote referring to? This article is not properly cited such that we could go read about it. The bail bond companies are a real profit generating group. For those who do not know or have not had to use one…Let us use an example. The person in jail has a bail set at $2,000. To get the company to guarantee (they do not actually put up money just a guarantee) your bail you must first come up with 10%. Next you (or someone ) must have something of value that you supply (like land, car, etc) a legal note to the bonding company. Then you can be released on bail. If you come back for court, the bonding company is free from the guarantee and you get the item back but you do not get the 10% back. If you do not show up the bonding company must give the court the money it guaranteed but you will lose the land, car etc that you pledged for security. That car used as collateral may be worth $10, 000 but you lost it for the bail guarantee. Removal of that process is what is intended and should be used (innocent until proven guilty). However, I also think Obama has other motives. It may just be for votes to elect Clinton but rest assured that crook has a reason that gives him or someone he owes a favor something of value.
Robert Taylor-
“Innocent until proven guilty”?
Boy, are YOU behind the times!
Wait ’til someone accuses you of spousal abuse or child abuse, and see what happens to that once-engrained Maxim of Law. Or travel through Texas carrying “excessive” amounts of money; they’ll confiscate it and make you prove that you came by it legitimately, meanwhile charging you for your “stay” in jail.
why NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The democrats don’t want their voter base in jail, they want their thugs on the streets so they can attack Cops and anyone who doesn’t cow-tow to the democrat party.
This is what happens when the criminals are running everything.
Why to turn the country into a cesspool faster.He sure seems to want to do the maximum damage before he leaves office.
If having to put up bail (which is remitted upon the party showing up as required) is discriminatory against the poor, then not requiring them to post bail but requiring it of persons with money discriminates against them. I’m curious: what are the “alternative methods” used to insure the appearance of those not posting bail? The administration is currently seeking to cripple the payday loan shops, which may be the only way the impecunious can get money on the spot. Is that not discriminatory? The rich don’t need them. Hillary is proposing a stiff tax on the purchase of a firearm – which has no significant effect on the wealthy (or on criminals in the underground market) but hurts the poor. Discrimination again?
Francisco Machado-
If having to put up bail (which is remitted upon the party showing up as required) is discriminatory against the poor, then not requiring them to post bail but requiring it of persons with money discriminates against them.
An excellent point! When, O when will the discrimination end? (*grin*)