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Originally Posted by Jstic
While I understand the point about the bail and only the current offense as evidence of danger to society, I believe that no bail, or a high bail is soley at the the discretion of the judge and is largely based on the body of evidence and nature of the offense for which the accused is charged. Previous crimes are also taken into consideration, but in this case the evidence is so overwhelming that I am shocked he set bail at all. This is not a circumstantial case, there are eyewitnesses, physical evidence from his car and other places, as well as strong circumstantial evidence. I just hope he does not make bail and turn this into an international manhunt. Bowman is no dummy.
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10 million is a very high bail. He would need to come up with 1 million for the bail bondsman. I think the judge wanted show he was willing to set a bail but made it so high as to make it unlikely to be attained.