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This guy kidnapped two people at gunpoint and held them hostage for ransom and they're requesting a $100,000 bond???? What the absolute fuck? This is exactly the type of person who should be held without bond let alone a small $100,000 bond? So this guy who kidnapped two people and held them at gunpoint for ransom could be back on the street if he can come up with $10,000 down for a bail bondsman? Jesus Christ

I hate the bond system. Either the suspect needs to be held in a cell or he should remain free until trial. A dollar amount got nothing to do with whether or not the suspect is a hazard.

There is case where the suspect is not hazard, but they can run a way so the bond use to cover the cost of bringing them back to court.

We already pay the people who would do that work whether anyone runs or not.

Tax is not enough to pay for everything. Given how hard it is to get money from criminal, punishment for running away is better be paid upfront.

Everything, and I mean every resource I think you'd reasonably use to catch a non-violent suspect, has ALREADY been paid for.

It better be paid by the suspect and not tax payer.

It's already paid for by the tax payer. It's the existing police force. Literally nothing new will be provided for with bail money.

Bail money also go to the police and juridical. Remove bail mean more tax will require to cover the lost revenue from bail.

This is Harris county, where people out on bond for capital murder get arrested for new capital murder charges

https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/capital-murder-suspect-out-on-bond/285-4b912e55-4254-43f2-a7fd-a095bb09398a

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/30-year-old-capital-murder-defendant-free-from-jail-after-posting-9000-bond

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/27-year-old-convicted-felon-on-parole-out-on-bond-at-the-same-time-now-charged-with-capital-murder

https://thetexan.news/suspects-charged-in-murder-of-harris-county-deputy-were-out-on-bond-for-murder-capital-murder/

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Throw. Away. The. Key.

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You're aware that the bail is given back if they don't run, correct?

Bail serves no purpose except to cuase poor people to lose their jobs for a crime they have not been convicted of.

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I'm not a law expert, but I think in some states there are certain conditions which the judge can forgo setting a bond, but in situations where the conditions aren't met but they think the person is a danger to the community they can set a bond that is so high that it is essentially the same thing(like a million dollar cash bond). Maybe Texas doesn't have something like that? Would love to be educated.

The justice system is a joke.

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What? Has it really happened? Have we become the 3rd world country that takes foreign hostages for ransom? Wild.

I’m moving

lmao what, bail money is returned after they show up. it's a collateral.

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Entirely incorrect.

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What a wild story. This isn't the type of thing you usually hear about happening in America, and when it does, the targets are usually wealthier Americans.

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I've never considered who would be most valuable for me to kidnap and ransom; but I know for sure I wouldn't choose people who the news describes as two random "migrants" they kidnapped off a highway.

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What are the odds the migrant couple happens to come from a family of incredible means in their home country? I would say pretty low.

So it a great incentive for people to show up, and we do not have to hide more police to chase after those.

I'm starting to think flooding the US with guns might not be the best thing for Americans.

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