By the way, at least in California, $500,000 is the recommended bail for... perjury? Threat of violence? Assault of a police officer? No: that's the recommended

By the way, at least in California, $500,000 is the recommended bail for... perjury? Threat of violence? Assault of a police officer? No: that's the recommended bail for an attempted assassination of a public official using a machine gun. Presumably, the bond is this large because someone behind the case was afraid the kid might attack the school. On the one hand, this is understandable (though not excusable) because of previous events in that area. On the other, this is what leads to thought police and such behavior from courts needs to be destroyed at the core.