Criminal Court Case Analysis

The purpose of releasing a defendant on bond is to ensure that the defendant will make an appearance later on to continue the criminal justice process (Bohm & Haley, 2014). The setting of a bond allows defendants to be released to continue their day to day life but return at a later date to finish their case. Bond setting is a right that some defendants have under the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, it is not guaranteed (Bohm & Haley, 2014). In this scenario, I believe that the judge did have a right to release Danielle on bond. Both of her offenses were felonies, but they were not considered violent crimes.
The amount of her bail the judge set for her was not an excessive amount, considering she had two felony charges against her. The amount of bond is set on several different factors, for example, whether the defendant has ties to the community, the likelihood of the defendant showing up for the next court appearance, and the prior criminal history (Bohm & Haley, 2014). Danielle does not have ties to the community. She has no family, no job, and no home that would keep her from fleeing these charges. Also, because she does …show more content…
Although, there has been speculation of indigent defendants being treated unfairly when the setting of bond occurs (Bohm & Haley, 2014). She has made the choices that she has made and there has to be consequences for her actions. We have to hold people to the same standard regardless of wealth our criminal justice system. She does not have a job that she would lose from being locked up and maybe this jail stay would open her eyes that if something does not change in her life this path she is on will only get worse. If she proved herself in jail for a while she could ask her defense attorney to ask the court to release her on a conditional bond. The conditions would be for her to not use and undergo drug testing, drug counseling, and maybe drug rehab (Bohm & Haley,