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Editorial: California still violates the Constitution on bail

Por: Los Angeles Times Opinion November 29, 2022

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The purpose of bail is to get people out of jail. There continues to be broad misunderstanding of that basic principle among Californians generally, and blatant violation of it — knowing or otherwise — among police and judges. The right to bail under the state and federal constitutions routinely gets stood on its head, so that instead of being used to get people out of jail, bail is misused to keep people in. That point is driven home by a... + full article



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