Understanding of Bail Bond in Criminal Cases
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation – or FBI – indicates that 10,662,252 people were arrested across the United States for crimes ranging from marijuana possession to murder. Most people who get arrested are kept in jail until their scheduled court date. Few are released by courts of law on their own recognizance – it’s essentially a free bond out of jail card, ala Monopoly – and the rest are forced to either sign their own assets over to courts of law temporarily in exchange for signing bond agreements, or formal pledges of accused criminals to appear back in court at an agreed-upon date.
Unless you’re an attorney or familiar with legal processes via experience, you probably aren’t too keen on the ideology behind bonds, bails, and bail bonding. Let’s try to clear that up for you.
Bail Bonding Isn’t A Popular Practice Around Planet Earth
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