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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[theme music]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.19,0:00:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: Bail.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.60,0:00:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're so used to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.54,0:00:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has become a fixture of American life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.98,0:00:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorrentino: Down here at the shore,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.16,0:00:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one minute you've got three girls\Nin the jacuzzi,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.70,0:00:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the next minute somebody's in jail
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.47,0:00:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have to bail them out.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.18,0:00:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happens down at the shore.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.98,0:00:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.95,0:00:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: The other thing that happens
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.02,0:00:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down at the shore?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.88,0:00:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chlamydia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.68,0:00:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a medically astounding rate of chlamydia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.34,0:00:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At it's heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.22,0:00:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America's bail system sounds pretty simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.45,0:00:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're charged with a crime,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.63,0:00:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the court might ask for
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.68,0:00:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an amount of money as bond,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.12,0:00:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then return it to you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.43,0:00:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once you show up for trial.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.12,0:00:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you have that money,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.07,0:00:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's no big deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.93,0:00:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you don't,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.73,0:00:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could be in big trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.51,0:00:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just look at one example,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.93,0:00:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a man called Miguel.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.21,0:00:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was arrested
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.21,0:00:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for driving with a suspended license.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.89,0:00:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The court set bail at $1,000,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.61,0:00:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he had the choice
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.64,0:00:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pay it or await a trial in Riker's Island.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.98,0:00:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll let Miguel and his wife
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.22,0:00:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take the story from there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.71,0:00:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miguel: I wouldn't wish Riker's
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.69,0:00:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on my worst enemy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.64,0:00:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's rough.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.16,0:01:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wife: It's hard because...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.22,0:01:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to borrow--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.42,0:01:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to try to borrow money
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.80,0:01:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from this person and this person
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.66,0:01:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this person to try to get him out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.75,0:01:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told the judge,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.43,0:01:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I can't afford $1,000 bill."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.48,0:01:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, he really didn't have a choice
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.10,0:01:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to plead guilty.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.24,0:01:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: Now, whether he was guilty or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.68,0:01:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fact is a non-violent offender
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.81,0:01:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spent time in Riker's
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.51,0:01:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he didn't have $1,000.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.48,0:01:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a systemic problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.78,0:01:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Increasing the bail has become a way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.71,0:01:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lock up the poor
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.51,0:01:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of guilt
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.58,0:01:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Miguel was a family man
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.62,0:01:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who posed no danger to society whatsoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.12,0:01:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was stuck at Riker's,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.36,0:01:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas millionaire Robert Durst
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.52,0:01:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who'd been accused of murder in Texas,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.05,0:01:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a completely different experience
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.09,0:01:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the bail system.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.46,0:01:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Durst: I had been told by the detective,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.62,0:01:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You've been charged with murder.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.47,0:01:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bail has been set at $250,000."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.88,0:01:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interviewer: But was your intention
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.57,0:01:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you put up the $250,000 to run away?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.61,0:01:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Durst: Oh, goodbye $250,000.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.80,0:01:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Goodbye, jail. I'm out!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.18,0:02:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: I'm out! [audience booing]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.22,0:02:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.16,0:02:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an excerpt from Robert Durst's
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.36,0:02:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children's books: Goodbye, Jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.49,0:02:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs and claps]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.99,0:02:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Goodbye, money.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.90,0:02:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Goodbye, bail.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.93,0:02:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I killed them all,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.03,0:02:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but goodbye jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.90,0:02:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.58,0:02:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.80,0:02:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the frequency and cost of bail
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.76,0:02:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has risen dramatically.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.24,0:02:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is disproportionately hurting the poor.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.27,0:02:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in 2013,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.63,0:02:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an analysis of New Jersey's jail population
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.21,0:02:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found that nearly 40%
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.92,0:02:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were being held solely because
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.88,0:02:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they couldn't meet the terms of their bail,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.82,0:02:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.28,0:02:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jail is supposed to be for
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.25,0:02:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dangerous criminals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.41,0:02:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If 40% of the group
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.82,0:02:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't meet the basic criteria
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.76,0:02:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.69,0:02:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that should change your perception
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.13,0:02:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what that group is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.06,0:02:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If 40% of the Girl Scouts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.16,0:02:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were grown men,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.13,0:02:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd feel weird about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.09,0:02:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buying cookies from them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.34,0:02:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.67,0:02:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what happens if you can't make bail?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.27,0:02:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, much like a game of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.70,0:02:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,F***, Marry, Kill with Crosby, Stills, and Nash,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.41,0:03:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are a few terrible scenarios.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.59,0:03:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs, applauds]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.74,0:03:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Option 1: You're sit in jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.71,0:03:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, if you're poor
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.41,0:03:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as this defensive attorney explains
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.16,0:03:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has immediate consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.99,0:03:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saunders: Our clients work at jobs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.73,0:03:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where if you're absent, you're fired.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.86,0:03:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our clients live in shelters
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.49,0:03:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in transitional housing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.88,0:03:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Places where if you're not there for the night,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.77,0:03:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're place is gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.13,0:03:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there's a lot of different ways
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.36,0:03:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which incarceration,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.87,0:03:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even for a short period of time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.21,0:03:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can really destroy someone's life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.34,0:03:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: Exactly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.13,0:03:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jail can do for your actual life,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.57,0:03:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what being in a marching band
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.77,0:03:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can do for your social life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.19,0:03:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.28,0:03:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if you're in just for a little while,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.68,0:03:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can destroy you [laughter, applause].
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.02,0:03:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Destroy you [applause].
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.54,0:03:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means it's no wonder
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.68,0:03:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that many defendants who can't afford bail
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.52,0:03:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,favor option number 2,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.80,0:03:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply pleading guilty even if you're not,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.48,0:03:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a former public defender explains.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.76,0:03:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feige: You sit in jail
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.26,0:03:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you can't afford to pay your way to freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.03,0:03:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're often confronted with a deal
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.41,0:04:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that goes like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.59,0:04:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Plead guilty -- get out."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.01,0:04:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Maintain your innocence and go to trial."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.21,0:04:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Stay in."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.55,0:04:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: And poor people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.49,0:04:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are regularly choosing to admit guilt
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.31,0:04:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to get out of there,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.54,0:04:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which isn't good.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.88,0:04:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only time that's appropriate
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.21,0:04:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in a Catholic confessional.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.14,0:04:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you mean is there anything else?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.42,0:04:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know. I--I masturbated into a kiwi fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.95,0:04:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs] Just let me leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.80,0:04:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have stuff to do [laughter and clapping].
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.01,0:04:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the problem is if you do plead guilty
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.76,0:04:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a crime you didn't commit,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.92,0:04:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that does have it's own downsides
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.47,0:04:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because unfortunately on a job application
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.70,0:04:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next to the question:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.86,0:04:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have you ever been convicted of a crime?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.84,0:04:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Check yes or no.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.17,0:04:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most don't then leave full pages
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.40,0:04:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of blank space to explain
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.67,0:04:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the social and economic inequalities
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.68,0:04:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inherent in the legal system [light laughter].
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.91,0:04:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that brings us to your final option:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.05,0:04:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commercial bail bondsmen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.71,0:04:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the people who make
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.81,0:04:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amazing ads like these:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.51,0:04:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: Grumpy's Bail Bonds
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.55,0:04:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has busted out all over middle Tennessee!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.66,0:04:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prisoner: I ain't goin' out like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.37,0:04:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a corporate bail bonds
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.72,0:05:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cuz they got my back!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.85,0:05:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They got me out in no time
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.13,0:05:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm back on track.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.63,0:05:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man 1 [high pitched]: Jesus Christ Bail Bonds!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.97,0:05:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May God release you in a payment plan
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.81,0:05:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by calling me!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.97,0:05:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Bishop Barry of Jesus Christ Bail Bonds!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.74,0:05:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,410-292-3029.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.34,0:05:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're locked up and afraid --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.64,0:05:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man 2: Bail out!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.30,0:05:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man 1: Bail out!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.04,0:05:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man 2: Bail out!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.64,0:05:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man 1: Bail out!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.25,0:05:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man 2: Bail out!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.04,0:05:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man 1: Bail out!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.45,0:05:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[high pitched voice] Jesus Christ Bail Bonds!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.04,0:05:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs, claps, oohs]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.91,0:05:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.80,0:05:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[mimics Man 1 with high pitched voice] Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.30,0:05:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bail Bonds [audience cheers and applauds]!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.18,0:05:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amazing. And I will say,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.82,0:05:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a little weird given that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.95,0:05:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus, pretty memorably I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.73,0:05:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not bailed out [audience laughs].
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.76,0:05:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did eventually escape custody,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.64,0:05:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was a real work around
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.87,0:05:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the system [laughter].
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.80,0:05:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now here's how that system works.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.84,0:05:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bail bondsmen promise the court
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.51,0:05:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pay your bail
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.58,0:05:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you fail to show up for a trial.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.91,0:05:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In exchange, you pay them 10-15%
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.61,0:05:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the bail amount,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.81,0:05:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which they then keep
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.01,0:05:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of how your trial goes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.39,0:05:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if your bail is $5,000
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.16,0:05:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're found innocent,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.32,0:05:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you've basically just paid
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.99,0:06:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a $750 fee to a bondsmen
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.10,0:06:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for doing absolutely nothing wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.06,0:06:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And paying $750 for absolutely nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.53,0:06:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be reserved to one thing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.07,0:06:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one thing only --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.44,0:06:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,six months gym memberships.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.94,0:06:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs and applauds] That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.43,0:06:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not going to use it, Gerald.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.06,0:06:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to use the treadmill twice
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.43,0:06:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.11,0:06:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is learning to speak Korean
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.28,0:06:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over again, Gerald [laughs].
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.52,0:06:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't show up for your trial,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.38,0:06:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bail bondsmen routinely hire
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.15,0:06:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bounty hunters to track you down.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.92,0:06:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they have a frightening amount
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.59,0:06:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of power.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.74,0:06:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: In all but 4 states,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.49,0:06:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the companies are legally allowed
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.46,0:06:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take almost any measure necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.38,0:06:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to capture a client,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.39,0:06:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including crossing state lines
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.43,0:06:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and breaking into homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.33,0:06:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a dangerous business
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.49,0:06:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for everyone involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.83,0:06:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With few rules and little oversight.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.52,0:06:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: Well, they're not kidding.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.93,0:06:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 18 states, anyone can become a bounty hunter
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.94,0:06:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of education, training,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.90,0:06:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or prior criminal history.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.25,0:06:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Becoming a bounty hunter
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.15,0:06:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is basically a lot like
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.18,0:06:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becoming a social media expert.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.65,0:07:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs] All it takes is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.68,0:07:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one to get bad enough
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.66,0:07:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not caring about whether strangers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.14,0:07:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hate you or not [audience laughs].
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.18,0:07:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then the news that any idiot
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.32,0:07:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be a bounty hunter
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.92,0:07:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shouldn't really be that surprising to you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.65,0:07:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you've ever turned on A &E
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.49,0:07:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stumbled across this:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.97,0:07:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dog the Bounty Hunter: I am law man
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.63,0:07:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a mission from God.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.96,0:07:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I say, "Freeze!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.100,0:07:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know what I'm saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.08,0:07:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man 1: How's it going, man?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.77,0:07:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dog the Bounty Hunter: Freeze, ****!!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.10,0:07:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[overlapping yelling]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.14,0:07:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only way this guy will get away from us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.42,0:07:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is if he kills himself right now
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.39,0:07:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and jumps into a pool of sharks.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.25,0:07:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience laughs, oohs]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.52,0:07:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: Okay, okay, I hate to be a stickler
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.27,0:07:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over chronology, Dog,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.82,0:07:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how do you kill yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.49,0:07:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then jump into a pool of sharks?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.59,0:07:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughing]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.99,0:07:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the point of attention to detail, Dog,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.89,0:07:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes me worry about you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.79,0:07:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,operating as an unregulated vigilante.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.14,0:07:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that show was so popular,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.100,0:07:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it inspired pretty much every other bail business
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.40,0:07:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pitch themselves as a reality show.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.74,0:08:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just click around online
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.01,0:08:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you will find sizzle reels
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.65,0:08:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a veritable smorgasbord of similar shows.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.31,0:08:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Walking and talking
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.42,0:08:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ He acted like a criminal
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.68,0:08:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Running through the woods
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.73,0:08:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Like a four legged animal
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.27,0:08:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joe Ray: The bottom line is:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.26,0:08:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while you're on bond,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.75,0:08:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we own your ass.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.73,0:08:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tonya: Dear Idiot,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.70,0:08:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're coming to get you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.96,0:08:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brian: Bounty huntin' is a natural high.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.01,0:08:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You gotta think like them, be like them,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.47,0:08:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and react quicker than them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.50,0:08:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put your hands up!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.98,0:08:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: You want tough?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.46,0:08:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want action?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.53,0:08:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meet Big Benny.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.74,0:08:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They call him Teddy Bear.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.94,0:08:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Denise.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.35,0:08:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Huntress.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.50,0:08:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: It doesn't stop there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.65,0:08:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also Richard, the screwdriver.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.41,0:08:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Richard L., the other Richard.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.86,0:08:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allison, the Greco-Roman wrestler.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.46,0:08:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caroline,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.25,0:08:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one who took up archery
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.38,0:08:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after watching The Hunger Games.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.13,0:08:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And don't forget Jennifer,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.38,0:08:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the arthritic alpaca in a bowler hat.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.97,0:08:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, you know what,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.30,0:08:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I now regret making fun of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.79,0:08:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now that I'm seeing the cast,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.93,0:08:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get the appeal.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.99,0:08:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to see those characters grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.58,0:09:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughing]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.50,0:09:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clearly,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.56,0:09:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these shows are in a competitive marketplace,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.08,0:09:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the problem is,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.07,0:09:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people try to stick out,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.74,0:09:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ideas like this happen:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.11,0:09:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: So what do we do differently,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.64,0:09:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't just bounty hunt,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.24,0:09:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we bounty race.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.69,0:09:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: Each week,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.15,0:09:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two new teams of bounty hunters,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.10,0:09:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go head to head.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.58,0:09:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to the most dangerous
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.24,0:09:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,competition on television.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.97,0:09:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bail Chasers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.06,0:09:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: Okay, first of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.40,0:09:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.46,0:09:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most dangerous competition on televison,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.19,0:09:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is The Bachelorette.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.24,0:09:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those women have loved,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.37,0:09:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.87,0:09:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love is a reward, but it's also a risk godammit. It's a risk!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.98,0:09:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's putting herself on the line.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.70,0:09:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's there for the right reasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.54,0:09:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She sees her husband in that room.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.70,0:09:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And second,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.91,0:09:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it says something about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.02,0:09:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how comfortable we all are
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.62,0:09:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with how our bail system works,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.18,0:09:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a TV show where people with guns
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.58,0:09:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hunt humans for sport
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.63,0:09:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seems legitimate because we just think,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.53,0:10:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, they're just doing their actual job."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.72,0:10:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you give bounty hunters this kind of power
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.27,0:10:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bad things happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.99,0:10:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Female Reporter: Veteran Gene Travis
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.27,0:10:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says he was sitting with his wife on his Bethpage front porch,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.06,0:10:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next thing he knows his barn is being searched,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.21,0:10:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Travis has a stun gun pointed at his back.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.65,0:10:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The intruders Mark Brummett and his wife Angela.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.18,0:10:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bounty hunters who police say had the wrong home.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.70,0:10:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Female Reporter 2: Clay was shot by one of the bondsman.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.65,0:10:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was then transported to Ermac where he died.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.82,0:10:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Male Reporter: Was a bounty hunter justified
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.40,0:10:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in tazzing a midwest city homeowner last saturday?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.29,0:10:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was another justified in shooting his dog?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.50,0:10:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Police say the videotape they took, says no.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.05,0:10:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: Yeah, the video says no.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.07,0:10:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basic human decency says no.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.03,0:10:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even a magic 8 ball, having seen that would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.50,0:10:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Holy shit, I can't believe you're even asking me. NO!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.57,0:10:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, our current bail system
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.61,0:10:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes no sense,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.12,0:10:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it does a lot of harm.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.94,0:10:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the frustrating thing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.02,0:10:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've known this for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.56,0:11:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just watch this TV news special,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.36,0:11:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from 1964.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.39,0:11:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Yes, the jails are bursting at the seams.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.82,0:11:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A problem of great concern
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.39,0:11:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to New York City Commissioner of Correction Anna Kross.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.14,0:11:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anna: Remaining in jail because you can't get bail
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.01,0:11:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really being punished before you're even found guilty.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.67,0:11:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As far as I was concerned,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.03,0:11:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was not just,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.13,0:11:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was destroying our concept of justice..
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.54,0:11:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: That's right.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.47,0:11:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This problem has been obvious,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.05,0:11:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since it was considered okay to wear a wastebasket on your head.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.85,0:11:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But look, here's the good news:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.02,0:11:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a better way,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.32,0:11:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's already in use in our federal courts,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.55,0:11:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Washington D.C.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.62,0:11:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: Judges in Washington
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.99,0:11:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are allowed to set money bail
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.73,0:11:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only if the defendant can afford it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.17,0:11:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The results have been far fewer people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.23,0:11:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spending time behind bars.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.91,0:11:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Judge: We are the only city in America
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.17,0:11:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where tonight, at our jail,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.98,0:11:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is not a single man or woman
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.31,0:11:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is sitting because they don't have the money
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.38,0:12:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet their money bond.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.91,0:12:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: And it's a testament,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.12,0:12:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a testament [applause] to the state of our Justice system.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.22,0:12:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that "that" qualifies as bragging.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.20,0:12:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That should be the norm.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.09,0:12:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's like a bus driver showing up at school saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.35,0:12:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"23 kids picked up, 23 kids dropped off,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.40,0:12:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pitched a perfect game."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.48,0:12:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pre-trial services works like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.10,0:12:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after you're arrested,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.88,0:12:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specialists assess if you're dangerous,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.24,0:12:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if you're a flight risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.45,0:12:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a judge decides you're not,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.01,0:12:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can go home,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.14,0:12:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they may monitor you with things like
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.75,0:12:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drug tests or ankle monitors.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.02,0:12:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They even call you to remind you of your court dates.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.52,0:12:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a system built on interviews,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.21,0:12:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pre-arranged appearances,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.37,0:12:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.48,0:12:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much like, Scientology marriages,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.26,0:12:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only in this case, much more effective.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.10,0:12:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And pre-trial service programs
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.66,0:12:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have succeeded around the country
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.52,0:12:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in places ranging from Oregon to Florida,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.40,0:12:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is a truly frightening state of affairs,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.78,0:12:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Florida is a model for progressive change.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.51,0:13:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shouldn't be
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.77,0:13:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a judicial example for anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.22,0:13:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know, by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.35,0:13:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that under Florida law,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.34,0:13:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you possess over 5 grams of meth,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.14,0:13:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can marry it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.62,0:13:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.48,0:13:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a legal fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.99,0:13:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's an actual photo that ran in a newspaper's
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.47,0:13:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wedding section in Florida.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.63,0:13:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet--and yet, even counties in Florida
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.25,0:13:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognized our money-bailed system is broken.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.14,0:13:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not only is pre-trial services better,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.89,0:13:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's cheaper.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.19,0:13:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A recent assessment of one system
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.73,0:13:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showed it costing only a 10th as much
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.24,0:13:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as keeping someone locked up,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.07,0:13:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which makes sense because
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.28,0:13:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calling someone to check in costs virtually nothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.68,0:13:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,<This message brought to you by your mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.16,0:13:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your mother, she brought you into this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.57,0:13:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would like to hear your f****** voice
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.71,0:13:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once in awhile.>
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.78,0:13:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if pre-trial services are fairer, better, and cheaper,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.19,0:13:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why aren't we all using it?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.71,0:13:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well maybe, because thanks to reality shows,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.87,0:13:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we think that this is what justice looks like:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.60,0:14:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dog: We're going to hunt this scum down.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.26,0:14:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[overlapped yelling]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.24,0:14:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver: Bad Dog!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.54,0:14:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, maybe we just need a new kind of reality show
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.75,0:14:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get us used to the alternative.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.88,0:14:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[police sirens]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.98,0:14:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: You want tough?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.25,0:14:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want action?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.80,0:14:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meet Steve Karn.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.33,0:14:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's one of the most respected
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.96,0:14:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pre-trial service case workers in the U.S.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.56,0:14:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steve: So, let's see.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.54,0:14:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, it looks like you were ticketed with public urination.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.06,0:14:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No priors. Seems like a one-off sort of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.50,0:14:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we count on you to be back here
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.67,0:14:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 6 weeks for your trial?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.26,0:14:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Uh..of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.22,0:14:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steve: Great, we're done here.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.85,0:14:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steve: Uh, I mean no. This is a routine thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.87,0:14:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Statistically, he's virtually guaranteed to turn up.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.65,0:14:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're done here.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.100,0:15:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're done here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.22,0:15:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: They call Steve "The Hand Grenade,"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.08,0:15:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he works with a crack team of legal enforcers.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.88,0:15:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meet Debra.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.52,0:15:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Debra: Oh hello, this is Debra from Pre-Trial Services,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.25,0:15:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just calling to remind you
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.80,0:15:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about your upcoming court date this Thursday.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.14,0:15:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you're welcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.71,0:15:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: They call her "The Viper."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.46,0:15:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Debra: I feel like a cat, you know [makes cat noises]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.76,0:15:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, back to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.51,0:15:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♪ hard rock]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.73,0:15:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: And then there's Brett.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.60,0:15:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brett: So all these are risk assessments.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.95,0:15:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is all computerized,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.97,0:15:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know I keep a hard-copy,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.30,0:15:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just in case.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.68,0:15:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: That's why they call him "The Annihilator." [machine gun]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.43,0:15:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally, Gerald, the guy in charge of urine tests.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.79,0:16:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gerald: Clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.95,0:16:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is something in there that's illegal,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.62,0:16:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna sniff it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.19,0:16:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Cause that's what I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.63,0:16:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a piss sniffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.58,0:16:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got one.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.50,0:16:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: They call him "The Nose."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.04,0:16:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gerald: You're really going to make a TV show out of this?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.93,0:16:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's going to watch it?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.41,0:16:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: You will.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.25,0:16:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because this fall,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.46,0:16:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll bringing you all the thrills and excitement
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.88,0:16:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of pre-trial supervision,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.05,0:16:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as this elite team brings people to justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.25,0:16:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steve: Well, we don't bring them to justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.96,0:16:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's more like we make arrangements
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.12,0:16:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them to bring themselves to justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.56,0:16:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This show is full of high-stakes drama.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.93,0:16:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Debra: You better pray I don't get you for secret Santa this year.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.73,0:16:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brett: You don't want to f*** with Debra.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.40,0:16:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: And inter-office romance.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.46,0:16:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Debra: Gerald is a bloodhound.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.04,0:16:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gerald: Oh yeah, she wants me.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.71,0:16:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it wasn't for all them cats,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.25,0:16:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would hit that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.38,0:16:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would knock the bottom out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.75,0:17:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: But most importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.62,0:17:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Filling out forms, and filing them in triplicate.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.12,0:17:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ We won't lock you up if your crime's not significant.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.49,0:17:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ If you get a ticket for public urination,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.16,0:17:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ we won't lock you up so you lose your occupation.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.59,0:17:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ We ain't kicking in doors, screaming dead or alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.87,0:17:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ this is an office job, we all go home at 5.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.81,0:17:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ The system works well so there's no need for nervousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.30,0:17:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ it's all in the game at Pre-Trial services.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.18,0:17:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ [hard rock]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.82,0:17:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: PreTrial Services.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.56,0:17:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming this fall to A&E.