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Pennsylvania

mahatmakanejeeves

(62,834 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2020, 09:16 AM Mar 2020

Judge jails 71-year-old man for urinating in a bush [View all]

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For God’s sake. This is utterly unacceptable.

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A judge in Northampton County, which just had the first COVID-19 death in the state, set cash bail & incarcerated a 71-year-old man who was accused of peeing in a bush.
Continued reliance on cash bail for petty crimes is going to exacerbate the pandemic

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Judge jails 71-year-old man for urinating in a bush [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author democratisphere Mar 2020 #1

Jail time's too harsh-- BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #2

Why not plant nykym Mar 2020 #4

Ha, that would be good except I'm sure at some point it would spread to my BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #6

I have a similar feeling about people who let their dogs use... 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #8

That drives me bonkers as well. I used to have BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #9

In my home town the Cops tazed a man in his doc03 Mar 2020 #3

Maybe it was a burning bush Kaiserguy Mar 2020 #11

If you let the pissing slide, next thing... VarryOn Mar 2020 #5

Bullroar. $25.00 fine at best. 3Hotdogs Mar 2020 #12

Dogs everywhere are suddenly nervous. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #7

The headline is subject to misinterpretation. Sneederbunk Mar 2020 #10