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by prvit 1295 days ago
> So what you are basically saying is that poor people should suffer more for committing the same crime as someone rich.

Do you believe that rich people should suffer more because poor people can’t afford bail?

If you break a leg, should everyone else have their legs broken too? That’d be fair, right?

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> Do you believe that rich people should suffer more because poor people can’t afford bail?

They aren't suffering more than poor.

> If you break a leg, should everyone else have their legs broken too? That’d be fair, right?

No.

> They aren't suffering more than poor.

But they are suffering more than they would if given the ability to post bail.