Miscellaneous
When people get arrested, they usually are allowed to post a bond (also known as bail) to get out of jail pending trial. The price of the bond is often linked to the crime the individual defendant is accused of. The more serious the crime, the higher the bond typically is. Recently a man was arrested on 500 counts of child pornography and his bond was set at $50 million dollars. Is this too high? On this episode Franz N. Borghardt and Richard Sprinkle sit down to discuss bonds. How much is too much? There is an 8th Amendment protection against excessive bail, but what exactly is excessive? Is it $50 million dollars? Listen to this episode to see what our attorney hosts have to say about the subject.