10 years. And the prosecutor called me to court and dropped all the charges a week or so ago.
The bail amount was set simply because I was a UK citizen, despite handing the court my passport, despite owning a house, despite being married to a US citizen.
Illinois just became the first state to abolish cash bail, so this problem will be less frequent now as the bar is higher.
Courts have been routinely ruling lately that cash bail was always constitutionally invalid, which makes sense, because it distinguishes rich from poor.
The bail amount was set simply because I was a UK citizen, despite handing the court my passport, despite owning a house, despite being married to a US citizen.
Illinois just became the first state to abolish cash bail, so this problem will be less frequent now as the bar is higher.
Courts have been routinely ruling lately that cash bail was always constitutionally invalid, which makes sense, because it distinguishes rich from poor.