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They lock people up without due process awaiting trial all the time though right?

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They lock people up without due process awaiting trial all the time though right?

No. No they literally do not.

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Funny, there’s a jail a couple of miles from me full of a few thousand people who would disagree with you.

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I’m not surprised that people in jail don’t have a strong grasp on the difference between due process and speedy trials.

You don’t end up in county by making good choices

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How does that show lack of due process? And what do you define as “all the time?”

DeAndre Davis has been waiting 651 days in a Sacramento County jail. Charged with the murder of a 21-year-old man shot during a robbery in 2019, he hasn’t been tried and he hasn’t been sentenced — and he hasn’t even had a preliminary hearing to decide if there’s enough evidence to take him to trial.

For Davis, it’s been an agonizing ordeal made worse by the pandemic. Held without bail because of the severity of the charges

While this is all awful and should all change, it is hardly being held “without due process”

Things can be bad without being the worst thing possible.

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Depends, there’s certainly a good argument to be made that the bail system is flawed, etc. But trump was arraigned and is out on bail.

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Yes you’re right, I forgot about the bail part. And the bail system certainly is flawed. Generally aren’t you not allowed to leave your state if you’re out on bail?

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It depends on the state and the bail conditions, which can be modified. Restrictions are based on priors, flight risk, violent tendency, etc.

That’s why the gag orders make the news. To your point, folks would be knocked for shit like that.

This line is being crossed on purpose. He can get his propaganda out, and if he actually gets tagged, that’s even better propaganda.

Which sucks. But, I imagine the decision-making by the courts is based on avoiding creating a political prisoner out of him. So, we deal with a flawed system, increase fines, and wait for the process to unfold.

“May we live in interesting times” and all that.

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