I think they’re asking for them to be waived for non-violent or technical offenders? Not sure though.
I believe that's the case. It's often not actually proportionate and it keeps people in jail awaiting trial a long time for stupid shit like shoplifting. Sometimes those charges just get thrown out, or the person is found not-guilty because there's such scant evidence, or they just end up pleading guilty after waiting a long time so they can get a short sentence and finally be done with it. But because they couldn't afford the $300 bond at the time, even if they're not convicted, they've wasted a year in jail, lost their job, etc. The documentary "Time" explains it all really well, but it's very sad.
This is a great idea. Now the rapist who swore revenge on the person who got them locked up has a chance to murder them before they go to trial!
The problem with this logic is that if the rapist is sufficiently wealthy, he can already bail out of jail
now. But the harmless kid who sold a bit of weed has to wait for trial in sometimes pretty dire conditions, where he's only going to learn how to be a better criminal, and potentially end up with some psychological trauma that is only going to make him a worse, more violent person.
The other issue is bail bondsmen, which is a whole predatory cottage industry that relies on bail bonds disproportionately affecting poor people, whose only options when arrested are to use the bail bondsmen or to sit and rot in jail. According to Wikipedia, bail bondsmen pretty much only exist in the USA and... the Philippines, lol. Great company they're keeping.
Once again, Kelly isn't 100% wrong 100% of the time. Also considering that she mostly just reblogs what other people are saying, it's not like this is an idea she came up with on her own.