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The 10% is the non-refundable fee. So for a 500k bail, you are out 50k, not something that everyone can do.
by param 13y ago
The 10% is the non-refundable fee. So for a 500k bail, you are out 50k, not something that everyone can do.
- greedo 13y agoI've never understood the logic behind that. As long as you don't violate your bail provisions, why wouldn't all of your bail be refundable?
- mindslight 13y agoBecause unless you have $500k sitting around, your choices are to sit in jail until people-who-go-home-every-day decide it's time to have a trial, plea, or contract with a private company to loan you the $450k and pay their massive fee. Once you realize how this end of the system works, it's quite hard to tell yourself that the words "innocent until proven guilty" mean anything.