There was a time when mens rea ("guilty mind") weighed heavily in determining whether to arrest, detain, and prosecute. Sadly, the sheriff has chosen to ignore this and has played a game of "gotcha". And since bail was set absurdly high, the judge is operating on the same pathetic level.
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There was a time when mens rea ("guilty mind") weighed heavily in determining whether to arrest, detain, and prosecute. Sadly, the sheriff has chosen to ignore this and has played a game of "gotcha". And since bail was set absurdly high, the judge is operating on the same pathetic level.
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