Normal people sit in a cell serving their sentence while awaiting appeal. Only elite fascist fucks get the kid-glove treatment and run around free until the judges can’t come up with a fig leaf to keep entertaining their lawyers’ bullshit motions anymore.
That’s not the case with most nonviolent crimes. There has to be reason for the judge to think that they’re at risk of committing more crime while awaiting appeal.
Normal people sit in a cell serving their sentence while awaiting appeal. Only elite fascist fucks get the kid-glove treatment and run around free until the judges can’t come up with a fig leaf to keep entertaining their lawyers’ bullshit motions anymore.
That’s not the case with most nonviolent crimes. There has to be reason for the judge to think that they’re at risk of committing more crime while awaiting appeal.