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Alucard1331 t1_jdltaq9 wrote

This guy kidnapped two people at gunpoint and held them hostage for ransom and they're requesting a $100,000 bond???? What the absolute fuck? This is exactly the type of person who should be held without bond let alone a small $100,000 bond? So this guy who kidnapped two people and held them at gunpoint for ransom could be back on the street if he can come up with $10,000 down for a bail bondsman? Jesus Christ

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SunsetKittens t1_jdlw9w6 wrote

I hate the bond system. Either the suspect needs to be held in a cell or he should remain free until trial. A dollar amount got nothing to do with whether or not the suspect is a hazard.

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NJD1214 t1_jdng69r wrote

I'm not a law expert, but I think in some states there are certain conditions which the judge can forgo setting a bond, but in situations where the conditions aren't met but they think the person is a danger to the community they can set a bond that is so high that it is essentially the same thing(like a million dollar cash bond). Maybe Texas doesn't have something like that? Would love to be educated.

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wolfofremus t1_jdlyj1s wrote

There is case where the suspect is not hazard, but they can run a way so the bond use to cover the cost of bringing them back to court.

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RollerDude347 t1_jdm0kss wrote

We already pay the people who would do that work whether anyone runs or not.

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wolfofremus t1_jdm1e7o wrote

Tax is not enough to pay for everything. Given how hard it is to get money from criminal, punishment for running away is better be paid upfront.

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RollerDude347 t1_jdm4wpc wrote

Everything, and I mean every resource I think you'd reasonably use to catch a non-violent suspect, has ALREADY been paid for.

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wolfofremus t1_jdm5mny wrote

It better be paid by the suspect and not tax payer.

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RollerDude347 t1_jdm6iio wrote

It's already paid for by the tax payer. It's the existing police force. Literally nothing new will be provided for with bail money.

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wolfofremus t1_jdm7b0a wrote

Bail money also go to the police and juridical. Remove bail mean more tax will require to cover the lost revenue from bail.

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RollerDude347 t1_jdmpgjn wrote

You're aware that the bail is given back if they don't run, correct?

Bail serves no purpose except to cuase poor people to lose their jobs for a crime they have not been convicted of.

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kennypu t1_jdoldhu wrote

lmao what, bail money is returned after they show up. it's a collateral.

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wolfofremus t1_jdph7c5 wrote

So it a great incentive for people to show up, and we do not have to hide more police to chase after those.

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fetustasteslikechikn t1_jdmc0on wrote

This is Harris county, where people out on bond for capital murder get arrested for new capital murder charges

https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/capital-murder-suspect-out-on-bond/285-4b912e55-4254-43f2-a7fd-a095bb09398a

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/30-year-old-capital-murder-defendant-free-from-jail-after-posting-9000-bond

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/27-year-old-convicted-felon-on-parole-out-on-bond-at-the-same-time-now-charged-with-capital-murder

https://thetexan.news/suspects-charged-in-murder-of-harris-county-deputy-were-out-on-bond-for-murder-capital-murder/

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EvilioMTE t1_jdpqnd5 wrote

I'm starting to think flooding the US with guns might not be the best thing for Americans.

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BootShoeManTv t1_jdpgfv8 wrote

What a wild story. This isn't the type of thing you usually hear about happening in America, and when it does, the targets are usually wealthier Americans.

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I've never considered who would be most valuable for me to kidnap and ransom; but I know for sure I wouldn't choose people who the news describes as two random "migrants" they kidnapped off a highway.

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What are the odds the migrant couple happens to come from a family of incredible means in their home country? I would say pretty low.

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CW-OREILLY t1_jdoi4or wrote

What? Has it really happened? Have we become the 3rd world country that takes foreign hostages for ransom? Wild.

I’m moving

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