That’s just it: There is a bail schedule that gives ranges for bail based on the offense. However, on constitutional grounds you can claim indigence before the court, which is what Zimmerman did. When you claim to be indigent, you’re seeking the lowest bail per schedule for the offense you are charged with or you are seeking off-schedule bail at an even lower rate. Either way, when you claim to be indigent, you’d damn well better be indigent.
If this were a case involving an outspoken liberal who had hidden assets from the court during an arraignment or bail hearing, FReepers would be howling with outrage no matter how minor the actual crime he was facing. Yet somehow, Zimmerman seems to get a pass from many.
Yes, an innocent man railroaded by a politically inspired prosecution "seems to get a pass"! Where is the outrage?!
Claptrap. I've always maintained the courts are corrupt, self-serving clownshows.
I'm not out to "get" outspoken liberals. They have a right to their opinions, and since the entire American legal system is corrupt, their rights are at risk in front of the court clownshow, too.
Martha Stewart, an outspoken liberal, was shafted by the thugs in the legal system.
Wall Street & the Big Banks commit dozens of crimes worse than hers daily. If Stewart wanted to hide some assets from the lawless thugs in the courts, I'd be all for it.
Given the lynching of Zimmerman; Corey’s distortions in the charging document and the media’s hype and downright lies “reporting” the incident, as well as the race-baiting hucksters wanting Zimmerman dead THEN tried, I will withhold my opinion as I don’t believe them.