[Age of Reason]

That has nothing to do with whether someone is entitled to be released from jail on bail, remember?

Perhaps laws about jailing suspects are bad laws, as they seem to violate the principle of innocent until proven guilty.

If they would empty the jails of all the drug addicts, then maybe our "justice" system could afford to treat suspects of violent crimes more humanely and grant them faster trials.

[Dog Gone]

I agree with your last statement, but there are some people who must be jailed before trial, or they would never show up for trial, or they simply pose an unacceptable threat to the community. There would be little point in even bothering to arrest them if they couldn't be held.