Bail

States Constitution include the 8th amendment, the 4th amendment and the 13th amendment. These three amendments help to protect the rights of American citizens and make sure that all rights are equal. The 8th amendment prohibits excessive fines and bail, and prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. The 4th amendment prohibits unreasonable search and seizure of property. The 13th amendment abolished slavery. These three amendments have helped to shape America and the way that government runs the…

command, urge or advise another person to commit a crime. The suspect is already in jail on a criminal sexual abuse case. Ivan Flores is being charged for solicitation of murder and solicitation of murder for hire according to prosecutors. A $500,000 bail was set on his new charges. Prosecutors say that the suspect Ivan Flores was talking to two confidential sources at the Cook County Corrections department and when talking them he asked if they knew any “ motorcycle gangs to kill the victim.”…

There are many responsibilities of this job. The main job of a Bail Agent is to check in with the defendant and potentially present them in court if needed. If the defendant does not make regular payments to the bondsman, violates a condition of their bond, misses court, or has their bond revoked, it is my job to take…

crime if not the same crime. Usually when an ordinary citizen is accused of a crime they are arrested on the spot and put in jail. On some occasions they are offered bail but there is that percent of people who are not offered bail and they must sit in jail awaiting all their court dates. Another problem is some citizens can’t afford bail, so they don’t really have a choice as to if they are going to get out. When it comes a police officer they are usually suspended with or without pay depending…

was slapped with a $250,000 bail (Dewan 1). This outrageous bail is a result of a system that puts lower class defendants at a disadvantage, keeping them in jail longer than if they had been given their punishments immediately (Dewan 4). In a perfect world, bail was meant to keep accused people of fleeing in return for being able to be free before their trials (Dewan 9). Yet, it has only created an the unfair socioeconomic ability of those with the means to pay their bail and go free, with no…

Retribution vs Reformation Beginning in the 1970’s, prison reform in the United States lead to trend of soaring incarceration rates. These reforms, which took place through the 1990’s, led to stricter federal sentencing laws and guidelines, which in turn increased enforcement as well as imprisonment rates. Since 1980, the prison population in the United States has more than quadrupled in size. As of 2015, there were over two million people in prison, which means one out of every one hundred…

for her real mother, while Spurgeon travels to the Indiana area to bail his alcoholic father out of jail and take him home. In “Speaking in Tongues,”…

post bail for him and I mean I had absolutely…

the protection against excessive bail and fines. This is the second Bill of Rights guarantee that has not been extended to the states (powerpoint). If bail is granted or not depends on different factors such as the nature of the crime, the evidence that has been collected as well as, if the defendant is able to pay his/her bail. The most important factor, however, is the seriousness of the offense. Judges are not allowed to give a unreasonable amount of fines or bail. Another component of the…

Before beginning the reading, I knew that my mindset on the insanity defense would be corrected to some degree. It has been shaped and morphed solely by TV and famous crimes where drama sells. The first case that came to my head as I opened the document was the shooter of the Aurora movie theater who attempted to plead guilty with insanity. The case quickly identifies this correlation as vividness heuristics. Without thinking of the salient factors, my mind quickly jumped to the most extreme…