There is no way else to explain how a person can get out (probation) if they give the state what it wants (a conviction) but they are too “dangerous” for a bond when the state gets nothing out of a bond (and the person is more able to fight the case while on bond). Just another injustice throughout our system of “justice” that is only interested in closing cases with convictions to show stats during an election.
7 days before the election and potential plea deals are going to happen after not allowing these defendants to see the light of day for 3 years!! So why now? I have one guess: November 5th. Now, I don’t have any idea if any pleas are coming but let’s put things in perspective: These defendants are in jail in conditions worse than most third world countries jails, we have seen the first judge get away with completely ignoring the law without any actual consequence, we have seen a lawyer locked up for doing his job, we have seen repeated violations of basic concepts of fairness and due process at the hands of the prosecution. If those same prosecutors say “we will let you walk free today, or else you can stay in jail without bond and we will continue to trample your rights without any immediate recourse”, who would be able to walk away from that?
This is how our criminal “justice system” functions. #ysltrial #FultonCounty @ThuggerDaily #firefani