“one day in jail plus probation for a lie that nearly cost a man 15 years of his life. Contrast that with the fate of low-income people trapped behind bars because of expensive pre-trial bail. Though the law considers them innocent until proven guilty, they often spend far more time in jail than Bergmann while waiting for their day in court. In one infamous case, Kalief Browder spent three years in Rikers Island without a trial because his bail was set at an unaffordable $3,000.”
https://reason.com/2020/01/10/an-nypd-cop-was-sentenced-to-a-day-in-jail-for-a-lie-that-nearly-doomed-a-man-to-15-years-in-prison/