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NEW YORK TIMES FEATURES WAYNE SPATH

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 (NYT)NEW YORK TIMES:"ILLEGAL GLOBALLY, BAIL FOR PROFIT REMAINS IN U.S." (1/29):http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/us/29bail.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=liptak&st=nyt&oref=slogin FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ? Wayne Spath is a bail bondsman, which means he is an insurance salesman, a social worker, a lightly regulated law enforcement agent, a real estate appraiser ? and a for-profit wing of the American justice system... Mr. Spath is not much concerned with how the rest of the world views commercial bail bonds, but he was worked up about recent talk of a greater government role in pretrial release here in Broward County. ?Here?s what everybody forgets,? he said. ?The taxpayers have to pay for these programs. Why should they pay for them? Why should they? When we can provide the same service for free...continue to full post

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