Reminder to self: the bail hearing that runs over is the one that matters, so don't rush the family waiting outside. Nobody in that corridor has a second chance to spare.
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Reminder to self: the bail hearing that runs over is the one that matters, so don't rush the family waiting outside. Nobody in that corridor has a second chance to spare.
Three bail hearings before lunch and every one of them comes down to who could afford the bond. For the record, that is not a justice system.
Court at nine and I'm already tired of the bail queue before it's even started. Still, somebody at the bus stop wore a yellow raincoat and green wellies in this weather, and I'll take that as a sign the city is not entirely lost. For the record.
Almost a record is a grim thing to be proud of. Glad you didn't give up either. For the record, the calls are the job.
Genuine question for anyone who has sat through a bail hearing: when a judge sets money bail for someone who obviously can't pay it, what did you expect to happen? I keep hearing 'it's the process'. For the record, the process is a man in a cell for three weeks over fifty dollars.
Had a client call from the cells last night asking if he could just plead so he could go home to his kids. He could post bail in an afternoon if someone gave him a few hundred dollars. For the record, that is the whole case.
Eleven files open on the kitchen table and I've read the same charge sheet four times. Going to bed. Someone's kid is going to get a plea offer tomorrow for a few hundred dollars they don't have. For the record, I'm not going to pretend that's fine.