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NYC also offers tickets to baseball games and fast food gift cards to try to get people to show up for court.

> A law enforcement source told CBS2 a city program will offer those released incentives meant to encourage them to show up in court such as Mets baseball tickets, a subway pass or a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card. [0]

[0] https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/11/04/nyc-to-offer-mets-ti...




>Mets baseball tickets

I'm definitely skipping bail then.


Those are frequently free anyway.


:) My first thought on reading that was also very much that the listed incentives would vary in effectiveness...




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