🚀 go-pugleaf

Steve Holzworth (sch@unx.sas.com) wrote:

: I disagree. High bail is meant to give a great disincentive to you fleeing
: because mom and dad will LOSE the house they put up if you do, etc. It
: may sometimes be used as a de facto excuse to keep you locked up, due
: to an inordinate, unpostable bail, but the bail system is intended
: as a disincentive for flight, not as a fee to get out of jail in the meantime.

Let me see if I get this straight...Arguendo, this hairball did what he's
accused of doing. You think anybody who commits this type of offense
cares about whether his parent loses their house? You could argue that
he probably doesn't care about whether his parents would lose their house
because he's already publically humiliated his parents. Again, that is only
for the sake of this discussion...I'll wait until the DNA results come back,
I hardly think anyone is going to accuse a cop of having put his semen
inside the female victim. 

: Cases with high bonds reflect the court's desire to have you show up.

In certain instances it's also demonstrative of the court's intent to
attempt to maintain a safe community.
 
: Social standing in the community becomes a factor because people with
: lots of immobile assets, and lots of roots in the community (jobs, relatives,
: businesses, etc.) have inherently less desire to flee. 

Sorry Steve, I don't agree with you on this point.

BTW, anyone know where this 19 year old got the handgun from?
 
--
Dave Briggman

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