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Originally Posted by kane
Sure, you get it back, it just seems a little high. It isn't like she is a flight risk, the girl goes anywhere and people recognize her or she has a group of paparazzi following her.
This is site says the average bail for DUI is $15K. If it is DUI with an accident it normally is around $50K
This guy claims the average bond in cali is around $20K
Here is the most telling of the group. It is a list of average bond prices in Los Angeles. Among them: Burglary: $50K. Battery on a police officer causing injury: $50K. Assault with a firearm $50K. All kinds of embezzling: $20K. Perjury: $25K. Incest: $50K. When you get down to theft, even auto theft is only $50K.
I understand these are averages and I'm not defending Lindsay, she was stupid and seems to really refuse to admit that she has done anything wrong and fix her problems. I'm just saying had this been me once the charges were filed likely they likely would have reduced the charges without a trial and offered me a deal and none of this would have ever gone to trial. It would have been one meeting and it would have been over because that is what is in the public's best interest. Dragging Lindsay into court and spending 100s of thousands of dollars of the public's money so that a judge can scold her and give her a sentence that everyone in the room knows she won't serve is just wasting time, money and resources. |
Since it's a waste of money, how should we punish a habitual law breaker who has no respect for any aspect of the justice system? Lets not forget her finger nail that had "fuck off" on it.
Judges are big on respect and that is what Lindsey lacks. Her actions in the past are taken in consideration when new bails are set. Yeah, it sucks and costs the state and the taxpayers money, but until you come up with a better way to punish people, we are stuck. Personally, I think a good public caning (ala Singapore) would be a much better course of action.
75k might seem high for one charge. My last bail was at 100k but I did a bit more than steal a necklace. However, don't forget that Judges like to make a point and I'm sure the bail was high based on who it was. Maybe she'll stop acting like a brat and grow up.