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The United States is one of the few countries in the world that permit defendants to use a bail bondsman. In return for a non-refundable payment, the bail bondsman will pay the bail amount and receive it when the trial is over. Bail bonds are a profitable industry, making $20 million a year in profit according to a 2012 study. [73]
Court bail may be offered to secure the conditional release of a defendant with the promise to appear in court when required. [1] In some countries, especially the United States, bail usually implies a bail bond, a deposit of money or some form of property to the court by the suspect in return for the release from pre-trial detention.
(a) Any person who violates by distributing a controlled substance in or on, or within 1,000 feet (300 m) of, the real property comprising a public or private elementary school or secondary school is punishable. (1) By a term of imprisonment, or fine, or both up to twice that authorized by this title
"Rep. Hinson would support U.S. authorities investigating this school and others like it due to numerous and disturbing allegations of child abuse," the spokeswoman wrote in a statement from ...
In another high-profile case involving a juvenile offender, Nolan Grove, a 14-year-old Red Lion boy accused of shooting and killing 12-year-old Kain Heiland in April 2023, had been granted $50,000 ...
The father of 5-month-old Luke Mazerolle was denied a reduction in his bail Monday, later pleading not guilty in the baby's April abuse death.
School districts around the country are being accused of funneling kids from schools to juvenile jails at an alarming clip, but Connecticut has worked hard in recent years to reverse course. The state consolidated everything related to youth crime under one roof and passed a series of laws during the 2000s to reduce the number of incarcerated ...
One example of a large bail requirement was a case in Texas where New York real estate heir Robert Durst received a bail of $3 billion. The Durst's lawyer appealed the bail to the Texas Court of Appeals. The court responded that "it could not find a case where bail was set, let alone upheld, at even 1 percent of any of the amounts against the ...