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Surely there was some buildup to it :)



"Unexpectedly" in this context might be referring to the actual event in which they traveled from their home to their cell, in which case the unexpected nature could easily prevent them from securing the Google account.

I hardly think it matters anyway. Take out "unexpectedly" and their complaint is exactly the same. Suggesting that someone who went to jail shoulda/coulda/woulda taken steps to avoid being locked out of their Google account is not practically different from victim-blaming.


It's very easy to be arrested, denied bond, be convicted, and serve your time, without ever leaving the jail/prison system. Especially if you're poor.


This. I am a British citizen living in the USA so I waited nine and half years in custody to go to trial.


That’s horrific, and the actual sentence was 6 months+ time served or you ended up winning at trial? Is it bec only US citizens are protected by the constitution’s promise of a speedy trial?


> only US citizens are protected by the constitution’s promise of a speedy trial?

US citizens aren't really protected by that promise either.


Why did it take so long?


This is very common in the US justice system. There's a general institutional apathy or sometimes even vindictiveness that causes random delays to get to trial. If you don't have the money for bond, don't have someone to pay, or a bondsman wont cover you, you just stay in jail.

Every year multiple people die in prison from preventable causes without ever being sentenced.

This is why bail reform is important. A well-off person can pay-away the bond and prepare to defend themselves. A poor person will be stuck, lose their job, home, important documents, pets, etc all before being found guilty. If they're found not-guilty, its simply their fault for being poor or being in the wrong place at the wrong time and there's zero recourse for these people having their life basically lit ablaze. Please don't take the anti-bail reform propaganda at face value, for every terrible outlier case, there are hundreds of people who don't have their life grenaded over a small charge.

Making people desperate is an easy way to increase crime.




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