@Govchance : @Govchance : I totally agree!! There are no repercussions, so they are encouraged to continue their behavior. Meanwhile, doing thousands of dollars to damage cars.🤷‍♂️🥲

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@Texasdad :

This expanded revolving door for criminals is a dangerous precedent that has far reaching consequences.When citizens become discontent with the length of time (or abject failure) for the legal system to punish offenders, the possibility of summary (or street) justice increases. Eventually, the citizenry itself may opt to personally apprehend, judge, and punish the criminal swiftly and without due process. In the old west, they called it vigilantism.California is already experiencing a "don't call the police - take care of it yourself" movement. The term "Purge" (referencing the movie) has been mentioned by several media sources this week.Those responsible for the revolving door justice paradigm must be held accountable and forced to reverse course before it reaches a (pardon the term) pandemic state.

@Govchance : I thought the bond was low too.........and don't you only have to post like...........10%?

@Texasdad : Why bother. After 8 years, all you can do is throw them out.

@cbear : Yes

@Govchance : This is absurd and is clearly not deterring criminals........sad.

@Texasdad : Get rid of these LIBERAL judges.

@amanda79 : Well if the cars are really old they do not, but I mean really old.

@amanda79 : Yes, I believe they do after a certain year (1975?)

Do you think there's any way we can get restitution for our CATs being stolen if/when they go to trial?

@doddlebug : All in on that, why anyone wants them is beyond me.

Bond is not meant to punish or deter, its meant to make sure the accused appears for their court date. Youre assumed not guilty at this point.
I dont know what percentage of arrested dont appear at their arraignment, but must be small if they dont require more than couple thousand in bail

@Reivax : too soft on crime feel sorry for the criminal is the reason for small or no bonds