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Mo. high court considers cash-only bail requirements

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The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether criminal defendants can be required to pay cash to be released from jail before trial.

The case is from St. Charles County, where a judge set a $75,000 cash-only bail for a man accused of invading people's privacy by using a concealed camera in a massage therapy business.

An attorney representing the defendant argued Wednesday before the state high court that the cash-only bail is unconstitutional in Missouri.

The St. Charles County prosecutor's office defended the constitutionality of cash-only bail.

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