That’s just not true at all, ask any bail bondsman and they have hundreds of stories of people trying to run off. The fact of the matter is the majority of these guys know they are guilty and have no problem fleeing. The “flight risk” bullshit is tv drama, most just go into local hiding until someone gets bribed to out them, costing taxpayers even more…
Bail was an incentive to release a prisoner before trial as the the potential to lose that money hinged entirely on whether or not the accused showed back up in court on the trial date. Imagine if illegal immigrants had to post bail? They wouldn’t magically disappear and never show up for their trial date…
That’s just not true at all, ask any bail bondsman and they have hundreds of stories of people trying to run off. The fact of the matter is the majority of these guys know they are guilty and have no problem fleeing. The “flight risk” bullshit is tv drama, most just go into local hiding until someone gets bribed to out them, costing taxpayers even more…
Bail was an incentive to release a prisoner before trial as the the potential to lose that money hinged entirely on whether or not the accused showed back up in court on the trial date. Imagine if illegal immigrants had to post bail? They wouldn’t magically disappear and never show up for their trial date…