Grassroots Law Project Retweeted The Appeal
Never—but especially now—should someone be held in jail without trial just because they don't have the money for bail.
We should be emptying our jails to #FlattentheCurve, and learn from this crisis that cash bail only overcrowds prisons with people who should NOT be there!https://twitter.com/theappeal/status/1247310870981627904 …
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BREAKING: The California Judicial Council has issued a statewide emergency order setting bail at $0 for most misdemeanor and low-level felony offenses, in an effort to empty jails and limit the spread of COVID-19. https://theappeal.org/california-bail-coronavirus-covid-19/ …
2:14 PM - 10 Apr 2020
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