Not just ANY bail bond joint, “A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds” in Atlanta.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If you have a lot of money/property you put that up for 100% of the bail amount, which you get back if you show up to court.

    If you don’t have enough money/property, you go to a bondsman, pay the 10% and they put up the other 90%. You never get your 10% back even if you show in court.

    So if you’re gonna run, you just pay the 10%, which over the decades resulted in bail amounts 10x higher than they should be.

    It’s basically a “poor tax” that Rudy apparently has to pay.

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      1 year ago

      So the bail bondsman isn’t going to come after you to get back the 90% he lost when you didn’t show up for court?