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06-28-2011, 11:55 AM | #2 |
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He can go to a bail bondsman (if he'll cover it) and he'll only have to pay 10%-15% of his bail.
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06-28-2011, 11:56 AM | #3 |
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they just want money
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06-28-2011, 11:56 AM | #4 |
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Its as fair as anything. I chuckle every time I hear "presumed innocent until proven guilty". That's a farce, or you wouldn't arrest someone if you presumed them to be innocent.
That said, bail seems to be set based on ability to pay at least to some extent.
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06-28-2011, 11:56 AM | #5 |
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It's just like if a poor guy gets AIDS, he has to die, but if a rich guy gets AIDS, he can live just fine. Is that fair?
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06-28-2011, 11:59 AM | #6 |
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06-28-2011, 12:05 PM | #7 |
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I guess I view that a little differently because that only affects him. With a crime, it seems like it's something that could affect other people. If a woman is raped by a rich guy, I'd think she'd be concerned about him wandering around waiting for her to testify against him at trial. Same with any crime, I guess. A rich car thief (who apparently steals cars as a hobby) can get out, which seems like it would help him prepare for his trial, too, whereas a poor guy sits and waits and hopes his lawyer shows up.
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06-28-2011, 12:06 PM | #8 |
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Did he kidnap the kid for their high quality stereo system?
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06-28-2011, 12:13 PM | #9 |
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you would think higher bail coupled w/ the severity of the crime that a bondsman would want closer to 50%.
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06-28-2011, 12:19 PM | #10 |
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06-28-2011, 12:22 PM | #12 |
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if you are rich you wouldn't get arrested in the first place
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06-28-2011, 12:23 PM | #13 |
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TBH once a kid raper get picked up he/she is probably safer in seg pop/shu than on the street.
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Okay, that makes a difference. So...now it's biased against rich people because they have to pay more for the same freedom. Maybe I'm just feeling cantankerous today.
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It's also based on the public threat you would present if released again. Oddly enough, its why some folks that do something like murder their wife for insurance money tend to have reasonable bail. At that point, they've killed who they're going to kill so they're not a true public threat. They don't have the insurance money in hand so it's not like they can jet off to Europe and are therefore no great flight risk. And if they were in dire enough financial straights to murder for money, they probably don't have an incredible means to pay either. Meanwhile, a serial rapist (threat to the public) or a corporate raider (flight risk in that he could easily liquidate and move to a non-extradition country) may have a much higher bail set. Bail's not any more inherently unfair than anything else in our legal system...or society in general really. If anything, it at least makes an attempt to look at one's finances before setting the price, unlike, I dunno...cancer or something.
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