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Via Comcast Newsmakers:
Philadelphia Councilman Derek S. Green (At Large) talks to Jill Horner about the implications of the cash bail system in Philadelphia.
Recorded 2-23-2018
A
A
B
Said
many
people
know
that
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
we
have
the
highest
level
of
poverty
at
25
percent,
and
so
you
have
a
person
to
get
it,
that's
charged
with
a
crime
and
it
gets
arrested
and
they
can't
afford
a
bail
and
it
could
be
bail,
that's
up
to
say
a
male
now
about
$10,000
and
you're.
Talking
about
ten
percent
of
that
and
then
the
first
Judicial
District
charges
a
thirty
percent
fee.
B
On
top
of
that
now
every
person
can
afford
thirteen
hundred
dollars,
and
so,
if
you're
employed
you
get
arrested
and
you
can't
afford
it,
then
you
may
lose
your
job
because
you're
arrested
and
those
charges
may
get
dismissed
in
the
future.
So
it's
unfortunate
situation
which
helps
to
add
to
the
poverty
we
have
in
our
city.
So.
A
B
And
that's
unfortunate
because
the
person
may
have
been
charged
with
a
crime,
they
may
even
probable
cause
that
this
person
committed
a
crime,
but
they
have
not
been
judged
and
convicted
of
a
crime.
So
you
have
a
person
sitting
in
jail,
not
able
to
get
it.
You
are
not
able
to
provide
resources
for
their
children,
their
family
and
maintain
a
job
which
helps
to
add
to
the
poverty
in
our
city
is.
B
A
B
So
our
district
attorney
Lawrence
Krasner
just
came
out
with
a
new
policy
that
first
25
low-level
nonviolent
offenses.
They
will
not
be
asking
for
cash
bail
now
still
up
to
the
bail
commissioner,
weather
and
bail
will
be
put
on
that
person
if
they've
been
charged
with
a
crime.
So
we're
also
working
with
the
First
Judicial
District
and
we're
going
to
talk
to
them
about
trying
to
change
some
of
the
local
rules
in
City
Council.
B
B
Have
a
foot
out
the
community
bail
fund
now
this
bail
fund
is
part
of
initiative
that
we've
seen
all
around
the
country
and
really
starting
a
mother's
day
would
actually
start
to
pull
resources
together.
To
get
moms
who
are,
you
know,
are
charged
with
a
crime
and
arrested
to
get
them
out
of
jail,
so
they
can
tend
to
their
children,
and
many
of
these
mothers
will
then
not
adjudicator,
because
some
of
the
charges
were
dropped
because
they're
low-level
offenses
and.
B
Think
it's
something
that
we
should
really
look
at
look
at
getting
rid
of
cash
bail.
If
you
look
at
District
of
Columbia,
DC
has
not
had
cash
bail
in
a
number
of
decades.
New
Jersey
just
last
year
move
forward
and
getting
rid
of
cash.
Bail
and
Kashmir
really
goes
back
to
a
time.
You
know
back
in
the
Wild
West
like
a
debtors
prison,
and
we
have
much
better
admissions
that
we
can
use
to
make
sure
that
people
show
up
for
court
and
for
trial,
so
they
can
move
forward
a
criminal
justice
system
thanks.