Lancaster protesters held on whopping $1 million bail each on riot charges

[owknows]

Yet you're cheering a magistrate not obeying the law.

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What specific law was broken?

By what objective metric was the bail excessive?

[Ortizer]

The Constitution isn't a "law."

Show the law the Judge broke. Or stop saying he broke the law.

Uh, what? The constitution is literally the highest law of the land.

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[owknows]

Uh, what? The constitution is literally the highest law of the land.

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The Constitution Serves to establish the framework of the law.... it's foundation if you will..

But is insufficient to serve as enforceable law, in it's lack of specificity.

As in this case for example.

The Constitution forbids excessive bail. But does not define excessive bail. Nor does it suggest that bail may be graduated based on flight risk, or danger to the community.

The specific law pertaining to this case is The Bail Reform Act of 1984, (18 USC Chapter 207 Section 3142). It allows for bail to be set at a level the judge reasonably believes will assure their appearance, or even the denial of bail to certain defendants pending trial. Specifically defendants charged with: a crime of violence; an offense where the maximum sentence is life imprisonment or death; certain drug offenses; repeat felony offenders; or a defendant who poses a serious risk of flight.

[mikezpen]

Setting a stiff bail is the first step. Sentencing is the big thing.

[bacchys]

The Constitution isn't a "law."

Show the law the Judge broke. Or stop saying he broke the law.

The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land. It even says so in Article VI cl. 2.

There's also 18 U.S. Code § 242.Deprivation of rights under color of law

[bacchys]

The specific law pertaining to this case is The Bail Reform Act of 1984, (18 USC Chapter 207 Section 3142). It allows for bail to be set at a level the judge reasonably believes will assure their appearance, or even the denial of bail to certain defendants pending trial. Specifically defendants charged with: a crime of violence; an offense where the maximum sentence is life imprisonment or death; certain drug offenses; repeat felony offenders; or a defendant who poses a serious risk of flight.

§3142 wouldn't apply in this case because those provisions only apply to those in federal custody.

[Ortizer]

The Constitution Serves to establish the framework of the law.... it's foundation if you will..

But is insufficient to serve as enforceable law, in it's lack of specificity.

As in this case for example.

The Constitution forbids excessive bail. But does not define excessive bail. Nor does it suggest that bail may be graduated based on flight risk, or danger to the community.

The specific law pertaining to this case is The Bail Reform Act of 1984, (18 USC Chapter 207 Section 3142). It allows for bail to be set at a level the judge reasonably believes will assure their appearance, or even the denial of bail to certain defendants pending trial. Specifically defendants charged with: a crime of violence; an offense where the maximum sentence is life imprisonment or death; certain drug offenses; repeat felony offenders; or a defendant who poses a serious risk of flight.

Touche. Completely fair point.

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[Ortizer]

§3142 wouldn't apply in this case because those provisions only apply to those in federal custody.

So we'd need the Pennsylvania equivalent

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[owknows]

So we'd need the Pennsylvania equivalent

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234 Pa. Code § 524, 525

[mikezpen]

They s/try it in Portland which went thru its 109th consecutive night of largely peaceful protests on Tuesday.

[wickedsolo]

They s/try it in Portland which went thru its 109th consecutive night of largely peaceful protests on Tuesday.

They dont have a DA or mayor willing to stand up to ANTIFA thugs.

[owknows]

They dont have a DA or mayor willing to stand up to ANTIFA thugs.

Stand up to them?

They ARE Antifa