The concept of monetary bail honestly never made sense to me.
Why does the ability to pay a specific amount of money have any bearing at all on the ability to walk free as charges are brought against you? By its very definition the concept of monetary bail does nothing but deprive an individual who is poor of their freedom regardless of guilt, afford one who is wealthy the ability to walk free also regardless of their guilt, with the judiciary acting like a toll both on a public road set up by a highwayman in midevil england.
