> If that were true, bail would be adjusted much more aggressively to match available resources. Nearly 40% of all defendants out on bail are ROR (no money req

> If that were true, bail would be adjusted much more aggressively to match available resources. Nearly 40% of all defendants out on bail are ROR (no money required). Maybe it should be more or “more aggressive”, but few in my experience know that much or what ROR even is. Bail is otherwise pretty uniform (within each jurisdiction) based on the charges (sometimes a defendants past charges will be considered in the amount as well as ability to abscond). I see your point about matching the bail to the defendants resources...but it would just encourage attempts to abscond and skip trial. I was the victim of a kidnapping and the defendant got bail ($350k or so) and posted bond (paid 10% to a bondsman and they postEd the full amount). In reality the defendants mom posted the bail, the amount (even though not his money) was a deterrent for skipping trial, but he had nothing so if the amount was say $350 instead of $350k there would be no reason for him not to attempt to abscond, but even he wouldn’t run and harm his own mother financially. Still within 7 days Of posting bail and being released he violated the terms of his bail and was rearrested anyway.