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To: DA George Gascon

End cash bail in LA County!

We’re calling on Los Angeles County to take immediate steps to move towards ending cash bail. It’s unfair, and fundamentally violates our rights.

Why is this important?

As you read this, millions of people across the country are being held in jail even though they haven’t been convicted with any crime. In the vast majority of states and counties, if people charged with a crime can’t afford to pay their bail, they’re forced to sit in jail until their trial date, which can take weeks, months, or sometimes even years. Pretrial detention often leads to all sorts of challenges for a jailed person, including job loss, housing loss, and, if they are a caretaker, complications with child or eldercare.

And above all, cash bail leads to unequal treatment under the law, and this is a violation of our Constitution. Regardless of a person’s ability to post bail, they should be granted the same rights and presumption of innocence.

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2021-07-26 09:08:20 -0400

100 signatures reached

2021-07-22 22:20:08 -0400

50 signatures reached

2021-07-21 22:15:51 -0400

25 signatures reached

2021-07-21 18:33:59 -0400

10 signatures reached