IMHO, if the bail is too high for the accused to be able to possibly pay, it is excessive. The wealth (or lack thereof) of the accused should be a consideration in setting the bail.
> California<p>Run by the Democratic Party. If they run pretrial services like they've run their high-speed train to nowhere, they will get societal collapse.<p>> Brooklyn Community Bail Fund<p>Where the judges are <i>elected</i> on Democratic Party tickets. Where the law has always said those same judges can grant bail without commercial bonds...<p>> (UK) Bail Act 1976<p>To implement this in New York would simply require removing the Democrats from the bench and finding judges who would follow the law. Scrutinize and Reinvent Albany recently did another piece about getting Democrats to follow the law already on the books.[1]<p>> The bail bonds industry will fight tooth and nail to keep this from happening.<p>Fight who? lolol Shouldn't these people be protesting car dealerships or something?<p>[1] <a href="https://www.scrutinize.org/opencriminalcourts" rel="nofollow">https://www.scrutinize.org/opencriminalcourts</a>