bail setting
Court-ordered freedom cost
Bail setting is the judicial determination of how much money a defendant must post to be released from custody while awaiting trial.
Judges consider factors like flight risk, severity of charges, and community ties: The bail setting hearing is scheduled for tomorrow morning.
A high bail setting can effectively keep defendants jailed if they can't afford it.
- bondBinding tie or connection
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- judgeOne who decides
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- defendantParty facing charges
custody · release · pretrial · flight risk · skip town · surety · cash · collateral · hearing · prosecutor · detention · conditions · ankle monitor · jail · get out of jail · criminal · charges · magistrate