rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/end-discriminatory-monetary-bail?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-end-discriminatory-monetary-bail' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> The People's Lobby https://actionnetwork.org/groups/iiron-the-peoples-lobby-the-reclaim-project https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Imagine Defendant A is accused of a low level crime and is required to post $6,000 bail. Now imagine Defendant B is also accused of the same low level crime and required to post the same $6,000 bail. It seems fair that both defendants would be charged the same amount of bail, right? Now imagine that Defendant A earns $100,000 a year and has a healthy savings account and Defendant B earns a minimum wage and has no savings. Monetary bail discriminates against people who are poor. The well-off person and the poor person stand accused of the same crime, but only the well-off person can get out of jail and return to family and work obligations while awaiting trial. In the overcrowded Cook County Jail there are more than 9,000 inmates -- as many as 90% of whom are awaiting trial. The average wait for trial is 57 days, and 67% of the inmate population is Black. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-discriminatory-monetary-bail