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“This is the most extreme type of monitoring that I’ve seen,” says Pilar Weiss, founder of the National Bail Fund Network, a network of over 90 community bail and bond funds across the United States. “It’s part of a disturbing trend where deep surveillance and social control applications are used pretrial with little oversight.”

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[-] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

It doesn't matter if it doesn't hold up in court. Most of the time it is enough to scare someone into taking plea deals.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

And this is how innocent people spend 20 yrs in prison or end up on death row.

Murica and her justice system are FUBAR.

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