Stark County Officials Rethinking Bond System

http://m.cantonrep.com/news/20160220/officials-rethinking-bond-system The above article gives a good overview of the current bond situation in regards in Stark county and domestic violence cases pending as of the end of 2015. What is interesting and of some note is that fact that of those offenders currently on bond, the vast majority were on an unsecured bond through the pretrial…

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Fallacy in the Debate between Pretrial Services and Surety Bail

Tony Sylvester’s response to an article written on bailbonds.com about surety bail.     This article below rightly points out what is becoming a huge fallacy in the debate between pretrial services and surety bail, which is what exactly the purpose of bail bonds is, both from a historical and a legal standpoint. As luck would have…

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Bounty Hunting in Akron Leads to Arrest

Bounty Hunting in Akron ” Not everyone who is accused of a crime can afford bail money, which can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. In those cases, a bail bondsman will step in and put up a bail bond — sort of like a loan — in return for a percentage (usually…

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Criminal, internal investigations underway into Ohio prison escape of school shooter, 2 others

LIMA, Ohio (AP) – Criminal and internal investigations are underway to determine how a convicted killer of three Ohio high school students managed to escape from prison, along with two other inmates, state correction officials say. Outside experts also will review procedures of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and recommend possible improvements, the…

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Bail Bondsman / Bounty Hunter Shot and Fugitive Killed in Gunfight

Bail bondsmen say violent confrontations rare By MATT GETTS – Associated Press – Sunday, August 31, 2014 KENDALLVILLE, Ind. (AP) – Incidents in which a confrontation with a bail jumper ends in violence are an extreme rarity, area bail bondsmen say. Monday, three people were shot – one fatally – when three state-licensed recovery agents…

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Cash Only Bail Bonds Declared to be Unconstitutional Ohio

Cash Only Bail Bonds Declared to be Unconstitutional By the Ohio Supreme Court  It had been the regular practice for Ohio trial courts to set a monetary bail pursuant to Rule 46(A)(2) of the Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure and to require the defendant to pay in cash (as opposed to collateral or surety) ten…

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