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

[u/ShowerElectrical9342]

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?

[u/STUNTPENlS]

Let him rot in county lockup.

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

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_PUPUSA → u/STUNTPENlS]

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

[u/Dense_Reputation_420 → u/PM_ME_YOUR_PUPUSA]

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

[u/Trainer_NoName → u/Dense_Reputation_420]

Lolol it’s not that bad. If it’s that rough for some people then those are the ones that really need it

[u/Dense_Reputation_420 → u/Trainer_NoName]

You've never been to a county jail that has over 80 cases pending against the jail itself lol but to each their own but the one I was in wrongfully is under a huge investigation for cruel punishment, deaths that have occurred, corrupt guards, and taking money from the state and not actually spending it on the jail itself

[u/SuperWaluigi77 → u/Dense_Reputation_420]

A 19 year old, who had already wrecked two cars, been in plenty of accidents, crashed again, this time into a pregnant woman, and never had any consequences for any of that. And you're sitting here telling us to be empathetic to that fucking loser?

Auto generated or not. You are obviously fucking dense.

But for the record, 420 happened to be the auto generated number, in the auto generated username that clearly fits you?

Pretty sure we all know it's bullshit and so are you.

[u/Dense_Reputation_420 → u/SuperWaluigi77]

Bro first it's a vague story with little to no facts and you're ready to hang some probably fictional kid over it with little to no evidence other than some vague rage baiting story, if anyone is dense it'd be you and honestly I believe if people what to partake in Marijuana then they should be able to as long as they are an adult I have t since I was a year or two out of high school so no I'm not 420 as you say haven't touched it in about a decade maybe a little longer now that I think about it, but keep going assuming you know everything about someone over an auto generated reddit name lol you reddit people are bizarre, and so wound up, and psycho it's crazy lol