r/AITAH • u/ShowerElectrical9342 • 6d ago

aitah for considerinf leaving my son in the county jail hospital over the weekend instead of paying $9,500.00 in bail? Advice Needed

My son hit a pregnant woman with his vehicle and broke his nose and has stitches on his lip.

He was arrested and is in the county jail hospital. He wouldn't tell me how badly injured the woman is, except that she might lose the baby.

He's a careless, distracted driver who has totalled 2 cars, which his bio dad immediately replaced with even better cars!

But now his bio dad is gone (heart attack) and I don't want to enable this dangerous driving problem.

I'm overwhelmed.

He has had accidents before, and has always been bailed out.

I'm trying to get a regular lawyer because now he says she might lose the baby and sue him.

He's 19.

But no one wants me to take the time to get a regular lawyer instead of this public defender who insists I must send the bail money NOW or my son will be in jail all weekend.

Honestly, I don't know. Maybe that would be good for him. Like a wakeup call.

He didn't mention alcohol, but why else would he he arrested for a car accident?

Help! I have to move fast!

AITAH for even thinking about letting him spend a weekend in jail?

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u/STUNTPENlS 6d ago

Let him rot in county lockup.

If the baby dies, in some states, he could be charged with vehicular manslaughter.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PUPUSA 6d ago

He's 19 and still hasn't learned. A weekend might finally make him see reality.

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u/Dense_Reputation_420 6d ago

You've never been to county then it's rough for a kid.

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u/Legitimate-Slice-990 6d ago

I have been to county and it 100% depends on the county how bad the jail is. I've been to a couple and they where mostly just boring after you get over all the fear mongering the world does about jail.

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u/Dense_Reputation_420 6d ago

Yeah I get that the one j was in is under federal investigation with over 80 cases including wrongful deaths hygiene cruel and unusual punishment corruption and wrongfully using state funding so maybe the one I was in was just rough lol

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u/WitchBalls 5d ago

Rikers, huh.

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u/Dense_Reputation_420 5d ago

No, Harris County, made the news and everything