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“Fiona Apple released the music video for her new song, ‘Pretrial (Let Her Go Home),’ featuring women impacted by pretrial detention.
“In a statement, the singer-songwriter opened up about the inspiration behind her track. Apple said that during her time as a court watcher for over two years, she ‘took notes on thousands of bond hearings,’ and observed ‘[t]ime and time again’ as ‘people were taken away and put in jail, for no other reason than that they couldn’t afford to buy their way free.’ The artist added that it was ‘particularly hard to hear mothers and caretakers get taken away from the people who depend on them.’ …
“According to a press release, the video features photos and footage shared by women who were jailed despite a presumption of innocence simply because they couldn’t afford bail.”
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