> Even if you are rich and innocent and lucky, then you will spend a day in jail, and spend thousands on bail and lawyers, and if found innocent you will still have all of it on your record, lost all of that money
Not quite.
If rich you get all your bail money back. If poor you do a bail bond and dont get the deposit for the bond back. Or cant even afford that and stay in jail. (The effects compound because its often not the first time)
If rich, an arrest record means nothing. If rich enough, an indictment or being found guilty means nothing because you don't need employment.
And thats before we talk about fighting the case. Or making the investigation harder.
Its a completely parallel society because the consequences are so different.
That is not true. In most places you are NOT ALLOWED to post cash bail, you have to get a bond because it has the effect of outsourcing police-work. No, I'm not joking.
Not quite.
If rich you get all your bail money back. If poor you do a bail bond and dont get the deposit for the bond back. Or cant even afford that and stay in jail. (The effects compound because its often not the first time)
If rich, an arrest record means nothing. If rich enough, an indictment or being found guilty means nothing because you don't need employment.
And thats before we talk about fighting the case. Or making the investigation harder.
Its a completely parallel society because the consequences are so different.