Well, proper bail depends on many factors. I'm not sure if your ZERO represent "bail denied" (held without bail), or ROR (released on own recognizance). The law recognizes those values, and everything in between, with the proper amount being decided on an personal-individual case by case basis.
The starting point for setting bail, in Texas, is Article 17.15 of the Texas Code. The criteria, "to send a message," is absent from the criteria prescribed by law. Further, the statute recites, "The power to require bail is not to be so used as to make it an instrument of oppression."
“Well, proper bail depends on many factors. I’m not sure if your ZERO represent “bail denied” (held without bail), or ROR (released on own recognizance). The law recognizes those values, and everything in between, with the proper amount being decided on an personal-individual case by case basis.”
As was done.