Blackwell's Bail Bonding Case Study

The Canadian Criminal Court system uses bail, plea bargaining and legal aid as way to improve prison overcrowding, faster process of cases and equality of all participants. Bail is the temporary release of someone charged with a crime when waiting his/her trials. It is mostly granted to the accused who do not have a criminal record. The defendant is released on the condition that they will not contact the victim nor their family. Furthermore, they must show up to their court date. In Canada, we hold up to the “Proven until guilty” statement, which is basically receiving bail. This is one of the many reason that Canada does not have overflowing jails. We would not have the space to put everyone awaiting trial to be placed in prisons. Similarly, plea bargaining not only lets us evade cramped jail cells but also keeps courts from be overcrowded.

When a family member or close friend goes to jail, the remaining loved ones will want to help with the bail bonds process. Unfortunately, most people don't have a lot of experience with the process so it can be overwhelming, confusing and a touch frightening for all parties involved.

When it comes to finding a bail bondsman, a lot of people make the mistake of arriving at a decision in haste. While it's true that when a loved one is in jail, the first thing that you would like to do is contact a bail bondsman, doing a bit of research can be beneficial for both you and your loved one.

Have you heard a judge or a newscaster say bail is set at $100,000, or, the suspects posted bail bonds? Do you know what bail is and how it works? Here’s how Bail Money Bail Bonds, a 24-hour bail bonds service in Willimantic, CT, explains the ins and outs.

Facts: Defendants were arrested after being charged. They were charged in a 29 count indictment alleging various RICO violations. These included mail and wire fraud offenses, extortion, and criminal gambling violations. At Ds arraignment, government moved to have them detained based on the Bail Reform Act of 1984. The government moved on the grounds that no condition of release would keep the safety of the public.Government made a detailed progger of evidence. This was based mostly on conversations intercepted by court ordered wiretap that found the two Ds had been part of wide-ranging conspiracies. Salerno opposed the motion and challenged the credibility of it and the government’s witness. D offered testimonies of many witnesses and a letter

Bail Reform Act of 1984 History 1) Judiciary Act of 1789 <ul> <li> Defined bailable offenses and established judicial limits on setting bail <li> All noncapital offenses were bailable <li> Bail was left to the discretion of the federal judge </ul> 2) Bail Reform Act of 1966 <ul> <li> Established a statutory presumption in favor of pretrial release in all noncapital cases <li> Primarily concerned with defendant's flight <li> Attempt

In order to justify the grant of pre-arrest bail, the petitioner must show that he apprehends his arrest on account of ulterior motives. Pre-arrest bail may not be granted where there is no allegation made against the police that they have falsely implicated the petitioner in the case. Where there is nothing to show that there has been false involvement and the accusation is of a heinous offence like sodomy bail before arrest cannot be

I saw my first bond reduction hearing at High Point’s courthouse. A middle-aged woman was in jail for assault on a female, which resulted in minor injuries. The defendant had four biological children and two adopted children. She reported that she had employment before the crime. The defendant was requesting a bond reduction. To help her case, the victim of the crime wanted to appear before the judge to speak on the defendant’s behalf. The judge might not have dropped the case, but the witnesses’ testimony could have persuaded him to reduce the defendant’s bond. The judge asked the witness for identification, but she did not have it. So, the judge dismissed the motion for a reduction in bond. The witness had some power to influence the judge.

If loved ones are arrested, a long legal battle is likely to follow, but the first step is getting them out of jail. A jail bond, more commonly called bail bond, is a way for police to ensure people facing charges will return for court if they are released from custody. A & J Coggins Bonding in Covington, GA, helps families in the surrounding area get their loved ones released from jail as quickly as possible so they can attend to more pressing legal matters, like fighting their charges.

In various states of the South, the convict lease system operated. The convict lease system allowed prison officials to collect fees from private employers who contracted with the state for work done by prisoners (Friedman, 2007). This was a source of revenue for both penitentiaries and states allowing this practice. Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee had convict lease systems and the brunt of the work by prisoners was on the backs of African American prisoners. In the 1880s and 1890s, 80 to 90 percent of all inmates in Alabama were black (Bair, 2000). During the same two decades, 60 percent of the prison population in Tennessee was black, and it was black convicts who overwhelmingly were leased out to work in coal mines (Bair, 2000).

During the “New South,” there was also an establishment of the “Convict-Lease” System, in which southern states leased gangs of convicted criminals to private interests as a cheap labor supply. Such a system is important as it set up the basis for the current prison industrial complex, in which there is a rapid expansion of the U.S inmate population due to the political influence of private prison companies and businesses that supply goods and services to government prison agencies. This complex, originating from the Convict-Lease system of Reconstruction disproportionately affects black men modernly, as it affected black men during the late 19th

Social bond theory was initially developed by Hirschi in 1969. The basis of this theory is that criminal behaviour occurs when social bonds are broken. Hirschi (1969) explains how there are four key factors of a social bond and the strain on these factors motivates deviant behaviour. By applying Hirschi's social bond theory to prison can begin to explain why the prison experience may increase later reoffending. Nagin et al (2009) furthers this explaining how prison may have negative effects on offender through reducing exposure of positive pro social bonds and increasing the exposure of negative influences.

ET2 Sturges volunteered to work for Legal Services Command as a bailiff. His initial assignment was set to be for a week. His responsibilities were extended to 2 weeks working 10-12 hours per day, 6 days a week. During this time he maintained exceptional professionalism, carrying out all of the judge’s needs during trial hours as well as legal commands needs after. He managed multiple new responsibilities and tasks flawlessly and still went above and beyond by turning in weekly reports to his supervisor remotely without

This study by Clear and Frost demonstrates the overall outlook on the private prison system. Clear and Frost proclaim that the private prison system has become a increasing institution since the 70s due to the its capability to house more prisoners than just through the public prison systems. Despite the capability to house more than federal prisons, there has been many controversial disputes on the overall affect of the private prison systems. Some of the main disputes focus are issues such as whether or not this system is actually cheaper than the federal prisons, if they are better ran by their private providers, more suitable and the better choice longterm. Many argue that despite their exclusion from the public, they do not perform better

Georgia’s probation program has been compared to a debtors prison by human rights organizations. The Human Rights Watch recently published an article that explains how courts have adapted probation programs into a form of debt collection (Profiting from Probation, 2015). People are regularly sentenced to probation because they don’t have money, and they need time to pay down the fines and court costs associated with low-level misdemeanors such as stop sign violations, illegal lane changes, or trespassing.