Post #5138 by bighairymike on the US Policy board

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Obviously, the facts as reported in the news snippets are incomplete - we don't know what specific crimes the defendant was accused of before being given pre-trial release, nor the specifics of his past criminal proceedings. But if the defendant had a prior consistent record of showing up to court and not committing further crimes while on bond during his prior pre-trial releases, it's pretty unlikely that the magistrate would have had any legal authority to order his detention on the current charges. - albaby

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Some laws are in obvious need of changing. Like the free for all shoplifting created by the under $950 rule. Another one should revise bail regulations to protect the public from career criminals. Eight felony conviction and three stints in prison should be enough to deny bail even if he claims he is now a Sunday school teacher. It seems the rights of the poor misunderstood career criminals are superior to the rights of law abiding citizens to be protected from these predators.

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