Wealthy woman whose friends raised $35m for her is on house arrest as a man who can’t afford $75000 bail has two options: plead guilty or stay behind barsCalifornia woman accused of murder released after friends raise $35m bailJoseph Warren sees no sunlight and never gets fresh air. The 60-year-old San Francisco man,locked up for more than a month, said he has become suicidal, or rarely eats the jail food and tries to sleep as much as possible when hes not crying in his small cell. As a homosexual man,he is afraid he will be assaulted in the shower.
Warren is awaiting trial on welfare fraud charges. Charged with stealing roughly $5000 from the government – an accusation he denies – a judge recently set his bail at $75000, which he can’t afford. His only options are to plead guilty or stay incarcerated.
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Source: theguardian.com