re: Why have Caddo Parish's cash bail costs more than tripled since 2012?

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If anything, this proves bail is unnecessary. Bail is there to ensure the accused will show up for court. If someone has a prior conviction, doesn’t it prove they have a history of appearing in court?

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Why/how does appearing in court a previous time prove they’ll show up again?

Look, I get it, not every person should have to post bail. But you can’t argue that some people are better off being held before trial simply to protect the community.

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Obviously putting record numbers of citizens in cages doesn’t actually result in a safer society. It’s time to try alternatives

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You're mixing up that most people in jail are there for drugs, which by putting drug addicts in cages when caught instead of rehab is not a very good recipe for getting sober.

However, in a society few people are generally evil people. Even fewer are violently evil, and when you put THOSE people in a cage the whole society does get a lot safer.

The argument that the US puts the most people in jails is only true because what we do to simple drug possession offenses, which I think is dumb.

Majority of the arrests arw poeple who are not gonna pay bail court costs nothing, no resources to tap into. Now when a arrest made to a working class citizen with a job gets into trouble, they will be financially ruined.

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idk that's just what has happened almost everywhere until everyone got caught.

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Yep. GOB network.

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Bail exists for two main reasons.

1.) To keep a violent person off the street until they are adjudicated.

2.) to ensure they show up for their court date.

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This isn’t true. Bail serves one purpose. To ensure the accused appears in court.

Revocation exists to keep violent people off the streets before trial.

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Do you disagree with the Constitution’s guarantee that all accused are innocent until proven guilty?

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In what article of the Constitution can I find that guarantee?

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In what article of the Constitution can I find that guarantee?

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The phrase "innocent until proven guilty" is not in the U.S. Constitution. However, the concept is rooted in the due process protections of the 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments. The presumption of innocence is also recognized as a due process right under the 5th Amendment

So you don’t believe anyone has any right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty.


The right to own an assault rifle isn’t in the constitution either.

You just hurl insults because you’re too much of a redneck to come up with a coherent argument.

Instead of posting any sort of original idea, you only insult because you’re too insecure to have anyone disagree with your ideas (if you’re even capable of having any). You go for low-hanging fruit for upvotes from other middle-aged men so you can feel good about yourself. Bless your heart.

Lucky for you, I have time to go back and forth with you today. I’m at a hair appointment and it takes a long time to put all the colors of the rainbow in my hair.

You haven’t even said why you disagree with what I said. You just said I’m wrong because you say so. Not really a compelling argument.

Yes - let’s wait for dangerous people to commit a second crime before revoking bail or setting it higher. We need to reach these youths.