Logan Halladay
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- Virginia
The flaw being that anyone can post a defendents bond. I think that only two people should be eligible to bail someone out of jail:
The defendent themself, or their spouse if they are married.
The system of posting bail in order to await trial outside of jail, as I understand it, is to serve as a collateral of sorts.
If I were to be charged with a crime, and I post my own bond from money coming from my own bank account or assets, then I get that money back if I make all my court appearances, and forfeit it if I skip town.
That gives me a financial motive to show up in court.
And if my wife posts my bond, then those are joint assets and I'm in the same boat.
But if my Uncle Ralph comes down to the jail to bail me out, then it's not me that loses any money if I don't show up. Uncle Ralph does.
I would no longer have a financial horse in that race.
So why should Uncle Ralph be allowed to bail me out?
The defendent themself, or their spouse if they are married.
The system of posting bail in order to await trial outside of jail, as I understand it, is to serve as a collateral of sorts.
If I were to be charged with a crime, and I post my own bond from money coming from my own bank account or assets, then I get that money back if I make all my court appearances, and forfeit it if I skip town.
That gives me a financial motive to show up in court.
And if my wife posts my bond, then those are joint assets and I'm in the same boat.
But if my Uncle Ralph comes down to the jail to bail me out, then it's not me that loses any money if I don't show up. Uncle Ralph does.
I would no longer have a financial horse in that race.
So why should Uncle Ralph be allowed to bail me out?