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An interesting article rel;eased today by the Washington Examiner. Finally we have news articles that defend our industry. Just to start, here are some interesting Data: 30% of defendants released on Government bail (or pretrial release) fail to appear for their courts date. Only 19% fail to appear with commercial bail bondsman. i Philadelphia alone, the government ran bail program has cost the city over $1 billion dollars.
The government has proven ineffectively to control and regulate the bail industry costing taxpayers million of dollars a year. More importantly, too many criminals are set free too early and without any incentive to answer for their charges. With commercial bail, the defendant, bail bondsman, and an Indemnitor are held financially responsible to ensure his/her appearance in court.
Oregon District Attorney Joshua Marquis says, “[T]he failure-to-appear rate has skyrocketed,”. Oregon did away with the commercial bail industry back in 1978. the cost to rearrange court dates, find the fugitive, and a number of other reasons that would cost the taxpayers more money is just a few items that make commercial bail bondsman more important.
It is a defendants right to bail, not a privilege. However releasing someone with a hefty criminal background on their own recognizance is ridiculous. Someone need to be held responsible for their release from jail. Commercial bail bondsman, all around, have a much lower failure to appear rate than government ran pretrial release programs. This cost the taxpayers less money and keeps our judicial system running a little smoother.
Florida Bail Bondsman and the Florida public have begun to experience the problems with pretrial release programs. The failure to appear rate is also begining to rise at an increasing rate. If something is not done to stop government ran bail programs, we will find ourselves in the same mess as other states who have no commercial bail. With the economic times that we are in now, it just makes sense to keep this industry private and save the taxpayer money for more important programs. Read the full story here.
