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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is the man who killed his girlfriend with a cannon
being held on 3.5 million dollars bail?
I am still trying to figure out why the bail is so high? That seems excessive given his economic circumstances. Do they think he's a terrorist or something?
onenote
(42,715 posts)Google "3.5 million bail"
Loudmxr
(1,405 posts)I wish I could find a shorter snip but this will do.
zanana1
(6,122 posts)If my clock hadn't stopped me, I'd still be watching them.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)A Darwin Award attempt gone bad.
liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)Zalatix
(8,994 posts)Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)They would be allowed at sentencing I believe.
The DA says he doesn't think it was intentional. That would seem to make a 1st degree charge a litte over the top.
I didn't think prior crimes were added up and allowed to affect a current decision. If he had a history of jumping bail or something else, I could understand this. Granted, he's not the most wholesome person, but this seems a little much.
Who knows? I'm not a lawyer, but I play one on DU.
madokie
(51,076 posts)I suspect that anyone who is capable of doing, as he is alleged to have done, is a very dangerous person and should be locked up until proven innocent if in fact he is innocent otherwise that dude doesn't belong on the same streets as you and I who aren't capable of doing such a thing as he supposedly did.
The more dangerous a person is the higher the bail or that should be part of the criteria used for setting bail. IMHO
If he is innocent I apologize to him but in the meantime keep his ass in lock up.
Thats why we have the right to a speedy trial btw.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)He might be very dangerous, but experimenting by building a cannon doesn't strike me as something you would do to make a dangerous weapon that could be used against the general public.
My cousins and I made some very dangerous explosives out of fireworks. It's a wonder that we didn't kill ourselves or somebody else.