The parents of Oxford High school shooter Ethan Crumbley have remained jailed for more than a year and a half, held on bonds some argue are excessive and politically motivated.
Some places have done away with bail on the basis that it targets the poor, like NK and Illinois. But eliminating bail does not mean eliminating all pretrial detention. And this couple would be in pretrial detention even in states without ball, because their own actions made them a flight risk.
And appeals are meant to be used when you think the judge made a legal error, not when you simply don’t agree with the law.
Some places have done away with bail on the basis that it targets the poor, like NK and Illinois. But eliminating bail does not mean eliminating all pretrial detention. And this couple would be in pretrial detention even in states without ball, because their own actions made them a flight risk.
And appeals are meant to be used when you think the judge made a legal error, not when you simply don’t agree with the law.