While control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court was handed to liberals in Tuesday's election, voters gave conservatives three wins related to cash bail and welfare benefits.
Democrats received a major victory in theon Tuesday, but conservatives wrangled overwhelming support from voters for three ballot propositions that strongly correlate with the GOP's agenda on crime and welfare.
The bail measures, which appeared as two separate ballot questions that each received nods from nearly 1.2 million voters, is the latest victory in a Republican-backed push to enact stricter bail laws across the country.The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin urged voters in the state to reject both bail system changes, claiming in an article shared to its website that the amendments would"make our already extremely predatory cash bail system even more punitive and harmful.
Bail is meant to ensure people return to court and isn’t intended to be a punishment, since defendants are presumed innocent until convicted.sets such a high bar for holding someone without bail that the option is almost never used.
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