Posted: 9/17/2007 9:54:02 PM EDT
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If someone is falsely arrested, and makes bail to avoid jail time, does he get his money back if he is exhonorated? If not, then please give it your best shot at explaining how that isn't state sponsored extortion. |
Got it. As you can see, I've never been in any serious trouble...yet...  I started thinking about it today because my sister-in-law got stopped for "failing to yeild." She didn't get arrested but still has to pay the court costs to prove her innocence before a judge. That just seems like a bogus deal to me. Don't we pay enough in taxes to cover court costs, for God's sake?!?! Oh well...stepping off... 
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This is somewhat common in Traffic cases, where they REALLY don't want to waste time having a trial. They make you come up with money up front, and in MOST places you get it all back IF you are found Not Guilty. This incentivizes people to play along, pay their fine, and not clog up the system demanding their day in Court. Other places in the US, they keep the Court Costs no matter what. This is particularly true where they make you pay to have the Court hold a full hearing on a Traffic case, or for an Appeal hearing on a Traffic case. FluxPrism |
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If you post the entire bond (or prpoerty or other things aceptable to the court it is returned if you show up. If you have to hire a bail bondsman, the typical fee is 10% of the bond and the bondsman posts the rest (though it may only be a promissry note). The bondsman keeps the 10% no matter what. |