On 8/29/2012 3:32 PM, Johannes Trimmel wrote:
The bail bondsman will usually, as a matter of policy, have detailed
info on the "customer" including photos, prior arrests snd
convictions, and the contact info of a relative/spouse/etc.
This makes errors less likely, but they are still far from impossible.
Outlawing bounty hunting, or making it unfeasable by steep
requirements of conduct and supervision, would make the bail loan
business unfeasable and that would mean thoose, who have nothing that
will make them come back that they can turn in (the original idea of a
bail) would have to wait in jail for their trial.
Seems more sensible then having civilian play cops and robbers with
each other.
And yet unless there's a compelling reason to keep the suspect in
custody it presupposes that he's guilty and a trial will be a mere
formality, and that runs counter to how our (the US legal system) is
structured - Innocent until proven guilty.
There are a lot of good bounty hunters who do their due diligence and
recover the skip without incident, fanfare, or violence. Then there are
the glory hounds (Dog and his family to name a few) that shouldn't be
taken as representative of the industry.
--
Kurt Feltenberger
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“Before today, I was scared to live, after today, I'm scared I'm not
living enough." - Me
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