The Right Is Using Waukesha As a Weapon Against Bail Reform

[Igel]

10. But now it's $5 million.

Sometimes bail is set in a way that theoretically allows release but practically denies it.

$1000 basically says, "Yeah, you can go."

I don't think he should have been released, but part of that is in hindsight. Harris County, TX, altered its bail policies. A couple of years later, an analysis showed that a lot of those released without bail in year one were back at the beginning of year two for something worse, and by the end of year two had moved up from trivial to felony. Causing a pushback--how many people that messed up one are worth being let out without trial given the harm that some will cause to their neighborhoods?