Episode 8 - Part Two: How Do Criminal Courts Work?

In part two, we talk more about money bail and how it's an example of the financial incentives baked into the criminal court system. We also talk about diversion programs. For more reading on why money bail needs to go: After Cash Bail: A Framework for Reimagining Pretrial Justice by The Bail Project Money Bail Might Be the Most Racist, Immoral Part of America’s Criminal Injustice System by Michael Harriot (The Root) Bail Reform by The Vera Institute