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Originally Posted by maxjohan
How come that you can pay your way out of jail in US?
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You don't go to trial for your crimes immediately at your arrest. Until you're proven guilty at trial, you're assumed to be innocent. Posting bail allows you to get out of jail until you go to trial. If you fail to show up for trial, you don't get your bail amount back.
Basically, it's like saying "I'll give you $10000 and promise to show up for trial if you let me out of jail now. If I don't make my court dates, you can keep the $10000".
Or something like that.