Some "barrier of safekeeping" must be established to provide some modicum of protection for the non-criminal persons in the community until the formal question of guilt or innocence of the accused has been sorted out.
So what will constitute that barrier? Pretrial Service Agency oversight? Doesn't work. Own recognizance release? Doesn't work. Deposit bail? No, it doesn't work either? Numerous studies indicate that the "misconduct" rates are unacceptable for each of these designs. That leaves only the financially secured release method provided by the private sector surety insurance industry. It works. The misconduct rates of persons released in this way are acceptable. The numbers prove it. Commercial bail is the only effective safeguard available today. I look forward to your comments.
I am a Bondsman for Bail Fast Bonding in Tennessee. It is simple why the other methods do not work. There is no stipulations put on the defendant through O.R. release etc. because there is no oversight. We as Bondsmen can put whatever stipulations that we see fit and the Bondsman will make sure the defendant follows the rules or they will get their bond revoked. Mr. Watson said it right when he said "Commercial bail is the only safeguard available today". When a Defendant on bail misses their court date, the Police Officer has a lot of warrants before he gets to this skip where as soon as the Bail Bondsman hears that his client has missed court, he is fast on his trail. Bondsmen all over the United States saves Taxpayer's monies by arresting these people. It lets Law Enforcement move to their next warrant if we go pick up our own skips.
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