"Consider two defendants with similar backgrounds who were accused of a nonviolent property crime or misdemeanor. By the luck of the draw, one faced a lenient j

"Consider two defendants with similar backgrounds who were accused of a nonviolent property crime or misdemeanor. By the luck of the draw, one faced a lenient judge and was released, and the other got a different judge who set an unaffordable bail amount The detained arrestee was more likely to appear in court for his trial. But he was also more likely to be convicted." OR The Judge knew what he was doing in setting a higher bail for the one who was convicted. This whole narrative hinges on the study authors knowing more than the Judge what a proper level of bail is - despite not actually being there.