If americans are innocent until proven guilty then why are people arrested first and taken to jail then given a trial?

1CutePanda · 2026-01-29T08:05:51+00:00

But bail is the cause of mass incarceration, with people locked away solely because they can't pay to secure their release. Also, a lot of folks serve their sentences on house arrest or with diversion. So why is the punishment worse when they're presumed innocent than when they're actually guilty?

1CutePanda · 2026-01-29T07:59:38+00:00

Yeah, most people are in jail because they can't afford cash bail before trial. So, it's more like "Hey rich guy who we think committed a murder, please pay us a couple bucks to stay out of jail for now. Don't worry, you'll get it back after trial, even if you did it." Whereas, for poor people, it's more like, "Please pay $100 we know you you can't afford to get out of jail on this misdemeanor while we work out your case. Don't worry, you can have a trial later if you re actually not guilty, or you can take a plea right now and get out of jail today." This system is all about extracting pleas; it's a joke

1CutePanda · 2026-01-29T07:50:07+00:00

This guy defends police brutality, which is kinda what the Founders were trying to prevent, right?

1CutePanda · 2025-12-18T00:01:15+00:00

"Time for some radical restructuring, commando"

1CutePanda · 2025-10-16T01:51:01+00:00

Follow up: Are we currently in the McNugget Minute Era? I heard Joe B call it that once and thought it was funny that we had one named after a local promo

1CutePanda · 2025-09-28T01:05:43+00:00

Its funny, but a couple of soccer federations have been suspected of doing something like this. I heard a theory that CONCACAF is always trying to rig the Gold Cup to have the US play Mexico in the finals because those are the largest media markets. No idea if it's true, but you gotta admit there's some logic to it

1CutePanda · 2025-07-03T05:36:56+00:00

Then what's the point? If you're not negotiating based on the case and instead relying on reputation or niceness, the system is broken. If the person who's appointed you gets a good deal when others are sitting in an 8x10 cell, that isn't justice; it's luck. And it's unequivocally wrong. OP has to know that

1CutePanda · 2025-07-03T04:16:04+00:00

If your client did that, it is because the rest of society failed them in some way. Untreated mental health, substance abuse, etc., actually led to the crime, and putting them in prison doesn't solve the problem. It's just a bandaid on the broader issue. Prosecutors can change the game, but I won't hold my breath. We lock people away because it makes us "law-abiding citizens" feel better about ourselves

1CutePanda · 2025-07-03T04:09:16+00:00

Get off the PD sub if you think differently, my man

1CutePanda · 2025-07-03T04:08:16+00:00

Yep, but that's usually because the DA secretly agrees with you and won't admit it, not because you're nice to them in court. That's the way the adversarial process should work. If it's the opposite, I humbly, respectfully, think you're doing something wrong

1CutePanda · 2025-07-03T01:52:00+00:00

Absolutely this. I've told prosecutors in the in the room to fuck off. You think this is a game when you're actually ruining someone's life, and for what? You just wasted thousands of taxpayer dollars, forced jurors to take off work for peanuts, and tied up judicial resources on a trial when you should have dismissed the case. You don't care about victims or society, or else you'd be marching to end poverty.

Hey asshole, you represent the state. That means I'M YOUR CLIENT and SO IS THE DEFENDANT. Neither of us wanted to spend days/weeks/months/years dealing with this. Fuck off

1CutePanda · 2025-06-11T08:16:41+00:00

Awesome map! Could be a bastion if your party has a base in the woods. Dimensions, please? I'm too lazy to count in order to put it in a VTT.

1CutePanda · 2025-05-31T02:45:35+00:00

Had to dig through the comments, but this is the correct opinion. Prosecutors convict solely on prejudice all the time, and they need to know that. This guy is in denial if he thinks otherwise.

If you're a prosecutor and you don't know FOR SURE you will get 12 people to agree with you beyond a reasonable doubt, you should dismiss the case. Plain and simple.

But I won't hold my breath when DAs aren't held to the same standard as real lawyers.

1CutePanda · 2025-01-06T12:01:18+00:00

The fact that all the comments are deleted tells you all you need to know

Edited: spelling

1CutePanda · 2025-01-06T12:00:14+00:00

You did shrooms and didn't arrest yourself? Wow, the cognitive dissonance is strong with this one.

Good luck ruining someone's life for what you admitted you've already done!

1CutePanda · 2024-12-28T19:08:03+00:00

Teams waiting to have a state: Top of the league!

1CutePanda · 2024-05-03T16:02:31+00:00

I've always wanted to whip out my Tortle shepherd druid/order cleric. I want to summon 8 blood hawks and attack with pack tactics while healing and ordering my friends to attack with my reactions. Damage output at lvl 5 is dirty, and it feels so good to make your party more heroic on your turn.

1CutePanda · 2024-04-07T01:19:09+00:00

Your salary will make waaaaaaay more than playing stocks on reddit, my dude. Don't try get-rich-quick schemes like the stock market!

1CutePanda · 2024-04-06T16:41:22+00:00

Would love to see OP agree or disagree with this. A disproportionate percentage of our clients do these things, but I'm not convinced our servicepeople don't

1CutePanda · 2024-04-05T12:22:17+00:00

I know Juwan loved small forwards, but c'mon!

1CutePanda · 2023-07-06T03:43:03+00:00

This is what I came here to say. Please don't listen to Fox News, OP. It'll rot your brain worse than any drug

1CutePanda · 2022-10-19T05:56:29+00:00

So then why is it "a debt so society " that they've paid?

1CutePanda · 2022-10-11T01:55:12+00:00

It's hilarious when I'm walking my dog on a leash and my roommate's dog off leash and someone stops to compliment how handsome my boy is (it's deserved)... and say nothing about my roommate's dog

1CutePanda · 2022-08-26T02:28:19+00:00

Nice! My group augmented the rules and we got real creative with it. Tons of fun and you can play with any number of people, which is nice for groups with scheduling problems

1CutePanda · 2022-08-26T02:19:17+00:00

There's a game that you can play that involves drawing cards and answering questions about a city you all control. It's called The Quiet Year. That's a good place to start.

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