Yeah, The problem isn’t the bondsman. A 10% fee to front $100k that could go poof if the perp decides to flee is reasonable, imo. The problem is cash bail in the first place. The only time it should be used is if there’s a reasonable risk of the person fleeing. Instead we use it for each and every criminal regardless, just to fuck them over.
I’m not going to flee the country cause I got busted with a little weed but they’ll still stick you with a $5000 bond. Not to mention people that are wrongly arrested and charged. They have to come up with a ton of money, pay a bondsman, or sit in jail. All because some asshole cop decided to wrongly arrest you.
Yeah, The problem isn’t the bondsman. A 10% fee to front $100k that could go poof if the perp decides to flee is reasonable, imo. The problem is cash bail in the first place. The only time it should be used is if there’s a reasonable risk of the person fleeing. Instead we use it for each and every criminal regardless, just to fuck them over.
I’m not going to flee the country cause I got busted with a little weed but they’ll still stick you with a $5000 bond. Not to mention people that are wrongly arrested and charged. They have to come up with a ton of money, pay a bondsman, or sit in jail. All because some asshole cop decided to wrongly arrest you.