Out on a $4,500 bond after stealing $30 million from a city?

[cbelt3]

Gute... Oops. Sorry. You're right, I must have fuzzed out there.

Drop... I dunno. Each court has different rules and laws for setting bond and bail. All I know about is is the $500 cash my wife had to post to get me out of jail when I forgot to pay a traffic ticket.

[$tevie]

Bond is set on a case-by-case basis, not by comparisons.

In Zimmerman's case, there were a series of things which were factored in:

Defense attorney Mark O'Mara had asked for $15,000 bond. He stated Zimmerman had turned himself in, has been in constant contact with Florida law enforcement since the incident, and was well established in the community. Assistant State Attorney Bernardo de la Rionda asked that if the judge decided to set bond, to make it $1 million.
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As part of the conditions of his potential release, Judge Kenneth Lester instructed that Zimmerman not be allowed to possess firearms of any kind, nor can he use alcohol or have any contact with the Martin family. The judge imposed a curfew from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Zimmerman and said he should be fitted with a GPS monitoring device. He said that if Zimmerman and his attorney can work it out with the sheriff's department, he had no objection to Zimmerman residing out of state before the trial begins.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-5...ond-set-at-$150000-judge-says-he-can-leave-the-state/

As for the guy who threatened Emanuel, he's evidently a kook who has done this before, and they probably deliberately set a high enough bail so that he can't raise it.

The horse-loving embezzler probably seemed like a low flight risk, given the reasons Gutenberg mentioned. It was in fact a recognizance bond, which indicates the judge thinks it's a safe bet she's not going anywhere.

[JPK]

Scream for justice, innocence until proven guilty, due process and a trial by your peers unless you don't agree with it and then its lock em up and throw away the key!

If guilty, make the punishment harsh. Until then, shouldn't we apply the law?

Our justice system should not be arbitrary like the NHL is! It is not based on the extent of the injury, but the law.

JPK