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As a European, having "bounty hunters" in the title implied that already. I was unaware of bounty hunters being aserious profession in any particular EU countr

• dragonwriter 8y ago
  > Then again, i don't know any EU country where an accused can bail themselves out of jail till the court case. While some other countries have cash deposits as part of bail, the US and the Phillipines appear to be the only countries with widespread commercial bail bonds system.
• Xylakant 8y ago
  > Then again, i don't know any EU country where an accused can bail themselves out of jail till the court case. Germany (1), UK (See Assange) I’d assume that most European Countries have a similar system. However, it’s comparatively rare that bail is set in Germany. If I follow the US bail reform debait correctly I get the impression that jail before trial (Untersuchungshaft) is comparatively rare in Germany and requires specific reasons (2) while it’s comparatively normal in the US. Both might be contributing reasons why the bail system is not commercialized as in the US. Generally, the European Systems frown upon private law enforcement much more, that might be another reason for the nonexistence of bounty hunters. (1) §116 StPO https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stpo/__116.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stpo/__116.html (2) mostly Fluchtgefahr (Danger the accused may flee and leave the country, Verdunklungsgefahr (The accused might hide evidence, the danger of repeating the offense on violent offenses) §112 StPO https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stpo/__112.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stpo/__112.html