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Can she? I've not been involved with the wrong end of the criminal justice system myself, but I seem to remember that in Texas bail can only be made by a licensed bondsman.




Totally unrelated to this, except that I once had to spend the night in Huntsville, where they execute all of the Texas prisoners. Weird vibe in that town. I half expected the lights to start dimming.

Anyway, every state's laws are different. In a number of places, bondsmen are only required when summoned for a loan or when property is used as surety.

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I'm a little surprised that none of these judges has thrown in the towel, declared her a flight risk, and denied bail, or at least put her on a very short leash with no travel rights.



She can claim with some validity that limiting her travel (and for an assault charge) would create an unjust hardship. Of course, we'd all laugh, because Courtney Love has no career left to ruin, but it wouldn't be a hard argument to make.

Secondly, it's a matter of fact that women charged with violent offenses often get bail, even when the crime is especially heinous. I doubt she has a worse criminal record than Tommy Lee, to take a male celebrity equivalent, but I'd be surprised if she ever spent more than a few nights in jail even with a hard-ass judge.

As for this miscarriage, it looks like a set-up to me. It rarely works. A judge is God in his courtroom, and she's pissed off God.
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