CaptainChaos79
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- Jurisdiction
- Missouri
I live in a very rural and conservative county in Missouri. I myself am rather conservative, libertarian and I value traditional constitutional rights particularly those guaranteed in our Bill of Rights. In the county I live in we seem to have somewhat of a "rogue" judge who is fond of imposing upwards of $150,000 bail ( meaning families would of course have to pay 10% cash of surety of that amount to get their loved one free from county jail) for such crimes as simple drug possession. Not robbery or assault...drug possession. If you try to shoot someone its $1 million (for the record I can't say I find this disagreeable in ALL cases). However, when looking at simple possession and the fact that 90% of the county has an income under the poverty level, would this not be considered excessive under 8th Amendment definitions?