Letters,
Criminal
Sep. 25, 2018
Our current bail system is a squeeze, and it’s wrong, and that’s why it must change
The system can’t continue to squeeze pleas out of defendants who are too poor to bail out, and call it justice. It’s more like extortion.
Mark Shoup
Supervising Deputy Public Defender
San Bernardino County Public Defender's Office
Email: mshoup@pd.sbcounty.gov
Our current bail system is a squeeze, and it's wrong, and that's why it must change
This is in response to Mr. George K. Rosenstock's editorial published in the Daily Journal on Friday, September 21 (page 8).
George Rosenstock writes that he supports the current bail system. He thinks that after a minimum of two beers, we criminal defense practitioners will admit that the overwhelming majority ...
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