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Yes, it does guarantee that. But you’re still going to be in jail for weeks to months until your trial is concluded. Many people have been held for years in pretrial detention before being released.

How long would your job keep you on payroll if you were arrested and held in jail? How long would you be able to pay rent or provide for your children? Even a few weeks is enough to be devastating to most people.

In 2019 the average pretrial detention for felonies in New York State was 10 months.

There should be no chance of bail for crimes against children

I am not saying I have a better solution, but how long do you think it would take for such a rule to be used to lock up trans people or drag queens?

I agree that the bail system is bad (both practically and morally).

To be clear though, people on bail have not yet been demonstrated in court to be guilty of the crimes they’ve been accused of. I don’t think locking up anyone accused of a crime while they await trial (which could be years) is an improvement.

This is giving Distant Worlds vibe (which is a good thing).

These are some of the closest relatives of the vertebrates, by the way.

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In New York the “Court of Appeals” is the highest state court, higher than the New York “Supreme” court. It’s just a weird naming thing.

Be careful with these kits, especially if there’s any extra moisture or humidity in your home. I’ve heard some horror stories about the mushrooms starting to spread.

They are referring to some fringe “tax protester” conspiracy theories which dispute that the 16th amendment was properly ratified. You can read about them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_protester_Sixteenth_Amendment_arguments#Sixteenth_Amendment_ratification

Suffice it to say, these ‘theories’ have been largely rejected, including by the states themselves, and by the SCOTUS.