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minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoHoly shit 25 fires? It’s too bad it took this one to catch him. 1 million seems low for the sheer property value at risk alone, not counting everything else
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThat’s bond. That’s not the price on his freedom forever. That’s the deposit for getting to have freedom while awaiting trial.
Holy shit 25 fires? It’s too bad it took this one to catch him. 1 million seems low for the sheer property value at risk alone, not counting everything else
That’s bond.
That’s not the price on his freedom forever. That’s the deposit for getting to have freedom while awaiting trial.