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RE: OJ - 10/29/2007 9:47:31 AM

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Coming from a Criminal Justice background I can tell you there is no right to bail. A Judge may deny bail or revoke bail at any time should he have grounds for it. Such reason can be seriousness of the offense, person presents a danger to the community, possible flight, additional charges while on bail, parole, probation, pending extradition.

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RE: OJ - 10/29/2007 9:56:44 AM

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a friend of mine when out with OJ once, before he got married. He told her he really didn't want to see her again because... well, because even 'though she was light-skinned, she was still African-American and OJ really didn't want to date such girls.

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RE: OJ - 10/29/2007 9:57:24 AM

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Arresting OJ was the easy part. The hard part will be finding 12 people who aren't morons and can understand what "reasonable" doubt is.

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RE: OJ - 10/29/2007 10:12:25 AM

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It seems people label attorneys that do their job, which is zealously advocating on behalf of their client as "sleazy" because they got the result that they were sworn to fight to get. OJ's attorneys weren't sleazy, they were good and the rest of the circus were clowns.

It's not so easy to "get off of any charge" and one should always consult an attorney (if you can) before pleading to anything more than an infraction. Regardless of whether you think you are guilty, getting in front of the right judge for sentencing alone can make a huge difference.

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RE: OJ - 10/29/2007 10:29:36 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Nosathro

Coming from a Criminal Justice background I can tell you there is no right to bail. A Judge may deny bail or revoke bail at any time should he have grounds for it. Such reason can be seriousness of the offense, person presents a danger to the community, possible flight, additional charges while on bail, parole, probation, pending extradition.

Actually the United States Supreme Court says a bond is supposed to be set in most cases except where there are unusual circumstances. The factors you listed can be those unusual circumstances. Evidence that someone is a flight risk, has previously failed to appear, has no ties to the community, has serious charges, has a history of offenses indicating a lack of cooperation with the law, drug/alcohol issues...etc can also all be factors. The bail or bond is revoked if there are additional charges, or any other violation of the terms of said bail or bond. That's not the same as an initial setting. None of these things mean the court can't set the bond very high or determine that in this unusual case bond is not appropriate. But yes, you do in fact have a right to a bond.

The law is fairly clear that bond should not be used as a punishment and the courts should not attempt to determine whether a person is innocent or guilty and use that to increase bond, after all, that's what a trial is for and we are all innocent until proven guilty.

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