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Offline RoosGirl

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Now You Can Help Bail People Out Of Jail Every Time You Buy Something
« on: January 21, 2018, 11:55:45 am »
Appolition links to your credit card and rounds up your purchases, donating the spare change to a fund to pay bail for people who can’t afford it.

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The site’s 7,000 users have raised over $35,000 to help free 11 people since November. Ziegler says the site adds 200 new users a day. That’s significant, because every day almost a quarter-million men and women arrested for minor offenses like loitering or drug possession remain behind bars awaiting trial despite the fact they’re still innocent in the eyes of the law–simply because they are unable to make bail.

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Re: Now You Can Help Bail People Out Of Jail Every Time You Buy Something
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2018, 12:02:23 pm »
Next time, your robber will thank you.
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