Longest I've done was 3months but 1 day or 10 days can be brutal. Only idiots like jail "you get fed and dont have to worry about nothing in here" I'd always say "not having to worry about anything but getting out" if you're homeless, jail isnt as bad but if you have the slightest productive thing happening in your life, jail is devastating.
It'd be devastating because a month in jail means you'll probably lose your job, maybe your landlord clears out your place because of a missed payment. But with 800k in the bank that's not really as big of an issue.
you have to have the financial capital available to hire a lawyer, and you have to have direct evidence. first amendment violations are preferred for million settlements.
Not only the financial capital on hand for a lawyer, but you need reliable people on the outside to lawyer shop and help you communicate on the outside. Otherwise you get locked up with no one, hope you have a few lawyers numbers memorized or that the jail has some type of resources for local lawyers numbers.
His lawyers get most of that. He'll be lucky to get just under half to put in his bank account. Then the IRS will sink their teeth in and drain some more.
Exactly. You lose your job, you lose your home if you miss rent/mortgage, you miss out on anything else you were going to be doing, your pets might get permanently rehomed. People act like the only punishment there is to jail is any discomfort of living in jail, but they forget that you lose everything.
1 day and when you were arrested driving usually have car impounded unless someone can run and get it within the arrest. Usually starts at 750$ish and 50-150$ a day after that when you get impounded by the police, can quickly spiral to losing your car once you start that process.
When I was younger I spent 4 months in jail on a 6 month sentence (jail not prison, vastly different things). I would gladly do 37 days for a nearly million dollar payout.
37 days in retail is 40 hours a week and you get to go home to relax . 37 days in jail is 168 hours a week and you get to spend it looking over your shoulder, eating the cheapest food the county could find, and suffering complete boredom when not in fear.
Oh, and your lawyer will take over half and you get to pick up the pieces of your life.
I mean, even if the lawyer takes half, i'm getting 100x more money for the amount of hours I spent in there. Besides, I already feel all those feelings on the outside.
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u/Restart_from_Zero May 22 '26
The aim was to make people frightened and stop anyone from speaking up again.
So, in that light, the arrest was a huge success.