If fixing our health care system seems daunting, what about updating a century-old bail system that critics say favors the rich. Every year in California, nearly 1 million people are arrested and booked into jail. If you can pay, you're free on bail. But if you can't, you're stuck in jail. Now, California and two dozen other states are looking at upending this system. KQED reporters Sukey Lewis and Marisa Lagos have been digging into the debate.
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