These democrat clowns never hold felons for trial

Accused felons. That's the key - they're innocent until proven guilty.

You can't just throw someone in jail simply because you have accused them of a crime. They have to go to trial first. Until they go to trial, they are still innocent in the eyes of the law. Pre-trial detention is only permitted if you can establish a specific set of circumstances that warrants imprisoning people without trial. Under the California constitution (not the policy choices of blue cities), you can't require pre-trial detention without bail unless the defendant was charged with a felony crime of violence against another person (or certain other specific crimes not apparently present here). And you can't set bail at a higher level than is necessary to ensure appearance in court and that the defendant can pay, absent proof of risk of pre-trial flight.

This really is a "what can you do" kind of situation. One aspect of a society based on personal liberty is that the state can't lock people up without a trial. Until the guy's tried and convicted, he's a free man.

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