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In article <43qivv$g2m@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> sjcrisp@unity.ncsu.edu (Steven J. Crisp) writes:
|Dave Briggman (paradigm@mercury.interpath.net) wrote:
|
|: I have NEVER, EVER (and I was a police officer for four years) seen an 
|: accused kidnapper/rapist/armed robber allowed to be on house arrest 
|: until trial. I would have thought that when he was formally charged 
|: yesterday (arraignment) they would have kept him locked up or at least 
|: placed him on a bond so high that he would have had to stay in Orange 
|: County's jail.
|
|Bond is intended to insure that the accused will not flee from 
|prosecution. It is not allowed as punishment since that would be the 
|imposition of a sentence prior to the determination of guilt.
|
|In this instance, there probably would not be a bond high enough that 
|could not be met by the parents. And if one were to be set so high that 
|it would have been impossible to meet, any good attorney could have had 
|it reduced.
|
|House arrest seemed like a good compromise and (unless I'm mistaken) was 
|an arrangement that had to be agreed to (no matter how reluctantly) by 
|the accused through his attorney. Now if he violates that agreement then 
|imposition of an improbably high bond (or no bond at all) could be 
|imposed since the accused would have tried to flee prosecution.
|
|Steve Crisp

   Steve, we read stories every day about people being held
in jail without bond until trial.  Had this young man
been an African American, do you really think he would 
be out of jail, especially since one of the victims IDd him?

   DNA tests will solve the issue.  But until then, being
connected with Duke has its privileges.