In the United States, cash bail keeps hundreds of thousands of people behind bars, even when they are presumed to be innocent.

Covered topics: Maurice Jimmerson, bail, bonds, Kalief Browder, liberty, Isaiah Berlin, positive liberty, negative liberty, Pretrial Fairness Act,

Further Reading:

https://www.walb.com/2021/01/04/murder-warrants-issued-albany-october-homicide/

https://www.walb.com/story/33773305/kennedy-sentenced-in-connection-with-drive-by-shooting/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hung-jury-means-georgia-man-jailed-10-years-101651291

https://www.walb.com/2023/07/28/albany-shooting-victims-family-still-looking-justice-10-years-later/

https://wfxl.com/news/local/indictments-in-fatal-drive-by-shooting-involving-a-baby

https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/04/26/georgia-man-behind-bars-10-years-still-waiting-his-day-court/

https://www.acluohio.org/en/news/brief-history-cash-bail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder

https://www.nyclu.org/en/campaigns/facts-bail-reform

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2021/10/01/money-bail-is-unjust-and-should-end/?sh=2dfa900b6f06

https://www.vera.org/news/new-yorkers-have-known-bail-doesnt-work-for-60-years-why-are-we-still-debating-it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah_Berlin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Concepts_of_Liberty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCsfT2WsitE

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1188349005/illinois-ends-cash-bail-system-state-supreme-court

https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/the-illinois-supreme-court-cash-bail-ruling-explained

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