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Why did they reduce the bond? Isn't the rule normally: you can't pay, you go to jail?
Don’t be silly, those rules are for the peasants.
No jail in civil trial, he should have had to pay the bond or have his assets forfeit after a short stay period. An appeal court with a Judge that Trump appointed reduced his bond because they're a fucking shill.
That has not been the rule. Debtor's prisons were abolished a long time ago.
Edit: For those unaware, this is about Trump's civil fraud trial, there is no bail or bond to get out of jail. There is no jail. He has the option to post a bond to stay execution of the civil judgment.
Needing to pay bond to be released from jail is unrelated to the practice of debtors'prisons.
I don't think this a bond to stay out of jail. It's a bond to substitute for payment of a fine while awaiting appeal.
The comment I replied to said if you can't pay go to jail. The subject of this story is the civil fraud trial of Donald Trump in New York. There is no bail and there is no bond to be released from jail in a civil matter. That would be a criminal trial, which this is not. His bond is only to stay the execution on the judgment while he appeals.
That's why I mentioned a debtors prison, where people who can't pay debts would go to jail.
You're describing bail in a criminal trial, this is a civil fraud trial and the appeal thereafter. There is no jail involved. There is no bail. He can, but isn't required, to post a bond to stay execution on the judgment.
Does delete not work on lemmy? I realized my mistake like 2 minutes after making the comment and deleted it.