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Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
8. Should be an option to accept a tracking ankle bracelet
Sun Dec 27, 2015, 03:20 PM
Dec 2015

Between that and having your ID and fingerprints, compliance to appearing in court should be at an acceptable level.

Instead, these bonds that people have to pay are punitive assessments against people that are presumed innocent. That's a critical failure of a key principle of our justice system.

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