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Man jailed for a month despite Flock showing he was 5 miles from crime scene

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Re: Man jailed for a month despite Flock showing he was 5 miles from crime scene

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Anyone who thought government surveillance would used as anything but a prosecutoral club is naive. The cops and prosecutors don't care if you are actually guilty of any crimes, they only care if they can profitably convict you of a crime.

Re: Man jailed for a month despite Flock showing he was 5 miles from crime scene

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what's the process that had him in jail for so long, and is that a process that I could exempt myself from with money for bail, access to credit, lack of priors, money for a lawyer I already know?

Usually it's waving your right to a speedy trial. Very common in a lot of cases but the reasons are usually dependent on the circumstances

Re: Man jailed for a month despite Flock showing he was 5 miles from crime scene

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what's the process that had him in jail for so long, and is that a process that I could exempt myself from with money for bail, access to credit, lack of priors, money for a lawyer I already know?

The surprising/scary part here is the man jailed was driving an Alfa Romeo, so presumably he had some money for bail/lawyers, and was still jailed for a month despite no evidence.