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John Oliver: The U.S. Bail System Screws the Poor, Rewards Reality TV
Jay Hathaway · 06/08/15 09:08AMJohn Oliver, HBO’s best critic of America’s broken-ass political and economic systems since The Wire, turned his attention this week to one of the brokenest-ass systems of all: the way we handle bail for people accused of crimes.
Here's the Video of Suge Knight Collapsed in Court
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Pistorius Granted Bail After Two-Hour Lecture from Magistrate
Max Read · 02/22/13 09:28AMIn a bizarrely lengthy ruling—the reading of which took nearly two hours, most of which was devoted to summary of the evidence and of South African law—Magistrate Desmond Nair granted bail to paralympic medalist Oscar Pistorius, who has been charged with premeditated murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend, law student and model Reeva Steenkamp.
Strauss-Kahn Gets $1M Bail, Smiles and Waves
Maureen O'Connor · 05/19/11 03:37PMFrench politician and rumored "rutting chimpanzee" Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been granted $1 million bail and home detention while he awaits trial for the alleged sexual assault of a hotel chambermaid. Arriving in court, Strauss-Kahn gave "a quick smile to supporters in the gallery" Such a charmer! I guess he didn't do it, after all. [AP, image via AP]
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Denied Bail
Hamilton Nolan · 05/16/11 12:54PMIMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been denied bail after being accused of sexually assaulting a maid in his Manhattan hotel this past weekend. Prosecutors say, plausibly, that Strauss-Kahn could easily hop a plane to France and never be extradited and be a whole new Roman Fucking Polanski, over there. [WSJ, photo via Getty]
Lindsay Lohan Arraigned and Released on $40,000 Bond
Lindsay MaHarry · 02/09/11 06:00PMLindsay Lohan had her millionth day in court today, this time to be arraigned on grand theft charges related to a necklace she supposedly stole from a store. She has to pony up $20,000 bail for that charge and another $20,000 for violating her parole for a string of DUIs that she already served a brief sentence for.