Did you always know you had a face made for a billboard? Now, it can grace one....all for your opinion on a hot topic: cash bail

Cash bail was designed to encourage people to come back to court for their trial. If you are arrested, you or your loved ones can pay bail and you’ll be released. If you come back when you are supposed to, your family gets their money back.

The U.S. Constitution prohibits “excessive bail.” Excessive bail forces people to stay in jail – even though they’ve not been convicted of anything.  Unfortunately, today judges routinely set bail amounts that exceed what most people can afford. The result? Jails are full of people waiting for trial. They are presumed innocent on paper, but in practice, they are being held for weeks, months, and sometimes years as they wait for trial.

Oh, it’s also expensive: American taxpayers spend over 14 billion dollars ANNUALLY incarcerating people who have not yet been convicted of anything.

👉 Do you have an opinion on the U.S. cash bail system? If so, The Bail Project wants to put you on a billboard. Get all the details at https://bailproject.org/action/we-want-to-put-you-on-a-billboard/

Source & 📸: The Bail Project