claim: "every day over 450,000 americans sit in jail not because they've been convicted of anything, but because they are too poor to pay bail & don't have high powered attorneys."
author: ted lieu
evidence_1: jun 16, 2018 ... every day over 450,000 americans sit in jail not because they've been ... but  because they are too poor to pay bail & don't have high powered attorneys. ...  why haven't you been advocating for them? ... true but that didn't used to be  what @alalderch stood for. ... after all manafort has a team of lawyers.
evidence_2: "every day over 450,000 americans sit in jail not because they've been ... but  because they are too poor to pay bail & don't have high powered attorneys.".
evidence_3: aug 15, 2015 ... ''i says, 'no, you can check me, i don't have nothing on me. ... two days after the  speech, obama became the first sitting president to ... of those in jails, 60 percent  haven't been convicted of anything. ... but as bail has evolved in america, it has  become less and less a ... it was better than paying a $120 fee.
evidence_4: nov 23, 2017 ... her attorney was on the line. ... but marshall, then late in a high-risk pregnancy,  was taken to jail ... 450,000 americans are locked up in jails, charged but not  convicted of ... "and the only way to get out of a jail cell when bail is set is to buy  ... the system is so broke we're just going to show up and pay the ...
evidence_5: jul 20, 2017 ... has introduced a bipartisan bail-reform bill—the pretrial integrity and ... “our  justice system was designed with a promise: to treat all people equally,” said  harris in a ... “yet more than 450,000 americans sit in jail today awaiting trial and  ... not been convicted and are in jail because they are either too poor to ...