Quote (Goomshill @ Feb 18 2020 05:14pm)
in every other jurisdiction, when a rich guy commits another crime and then brags to the judge he'll just keep committing crimes if bailed, he'll get remand.
Let's just look at the damn change to the section of the law in question:
* 500.10 (3-a). "Release under non-monetary conditions." A court releases a
principal under non-monetary conditions when, having acquired control
over a person, it authorizes the person to be at liberty during the
pendency of the criminal action or proceeding involved under conditions
ordered by the court, which shall be the least restrictive conditions
that will reasonably assure the principal's return to court. Such
conditions may include, among other conditions reasonable under the
circumstances: that the principal be in contact with a pretrial services
agency serving principals in that county; that the principal abide by
reasonable, specified restrictions on travel that are reasonably related
to an actual risk of flight from the jurisdiction; that the principal
refrain from possessing a firearm, destructive device or other dangerous
weapon; that, when it is shown pursuant to subdivision four of section
510.45 of this title that no other realistic monetary condition or set
of non-monetary conditions will suffice to reasonably assure the
person's return to court, the person be placed in reasonable pretrial
supervision with a pretrial services agency serving principals in that
county; that, when it is shown pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision
four of section 510.40 of this title that no other realistic
non-monetary condition or set of non-monetary conditions will suffice to
reasonably assure the principal's return to court, the principal's
location be monitored with an approved electronic monitoring device, in
accordance with such subdivision four of section 510.40 of this title. A
principal shall not be required to pay for any part of the cost of
release on non-monetary conditions.
So this guy could have been placed in jail or monitored, the judge just fucked up. Nothing to do with the law, which seeks to restore Constitutional protections of a person who has been charged but not convicted of a crime. Why do you hate the U.S. Constitution?