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Proud Boy on house arrest in Jan. 6 case disappears ahead of sentencing (apnews.com)

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Authorities are searching for a member of the Proud Boys extremist group who disappeared days before his sentencing in a U.S. Capitol riot case, where prosecutors are seeking more than a decade in prison, according to a warrant made public Friday.

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[-] LoopingRiver@lemm.ee 79 points 10 months ago

How are these people not sitting in jail awaiting sentencing like people busted for some small drug charge. Bail for traitors should not be an option.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 97 points 10 months ago

Bail shouldn't exist.

Either you're too dangerous to be free or you're fine. Money shouldn't come into it.

If you're going to run, the 10% to a bondsman is just a fine. So they keep moving bail up, which means normal people that plan to show up have to pay even more that they'll never get back from the bondsman.

The current system makes zero sense, but it makes people a lot of money

[-] LoopingRiver@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago

Absolutely agreed. Bail is a horrible concept that again targets the poor population even more.

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