Its just setting down a sort of “security deposit” and promising to go to the court date, and they’ll take your money if you don’t show up to court and also issue a warrant for your arrest. You still have to face a trial.
If you are considered “dangerous”, they could deny letting you go on bail.
So not really a whole lot of “chaos”. It’s actually a good thing to let people go if they a haven’t been convicted of a crime yet. Cuz keeping innocent people (cuz that’s what they are before a conviction) in custody is injustice.
There are also laws about who can post bail for you. My understanding is that they need to either have an actual relationship with you or be a licensed bondsman. Either be someone who can guilt you into going to court or who will hire a bounty hunter to haul you in.
(And bail bonds are unfair bullshit, but that’s a different thing.)
I don’t think this is a thing. The court could reject you if you’re suspicious, but I don’t think there are laws saying “you need a blood relationship to post bail for someone”
FYI: Bail is not a get out of jail free card
Its just setting down a sort of “security deposit” and promising to go to the court date, and they’ll take your money if you don’t show up to court and also issue a warrant for your arrest. You still have to face a trial.
If you are considered “dangerous”, they could deny letting you go on bail.
So not really a whole lot of “chaos”. It’s actually a good thing to let people go if they a haven’t been convicted of a crime yet. Cuz keeping innocent people (cuz that’s what they are before a conviction) in custody is injustice.
There are also laws about who can post bail for you. My understanding is that they need to either have an actual relationship with you or be a licensed bondsman. Either be someone who can guilt you into going to court or who will hire a bounty hunter to haul you in.
(And bail bonds are unfair bullshit, but that’s a different thing.)
I don’t think this is a thing. The court could reject you if you’re suspicious, but I don’t think there are laws saying “you need a blood relationship to post bail for someone”