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Bond Factors: Family Ties

By Baker Associates

As mentioned in our previous two blogs, this blog is part of a series looking at some of the many factors a magistrate, judge, or clerk will consider when deciding whether to release a defendant on bail and how to calculate the bail amount. The concept of bond was invented to allow the defendant to avoid having to remain incarcerated until his or her court date while ensuring that he or she will show up to court and answer to the charges that have been levied against him or her. The court, then, basically looks at whether or not the defendant is a risk to the community or a risk to skip town and not show up for court. One factor that weighs in such a decision is the extent of the defendant?s family ties and relationships in the community...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on October 20, 2010 (boomark / email).