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, but I seem to remember that in Texas bail can only be made by a licensed bondsman.


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.


I recall two reasons for the law in Texas:

1. The Bail Bondsman association made a lot of political donations right about the time this law passed.

2. Bondsman and their agents can still get away with things that are unconstitutional for police when searching for someone who’s jumped bail. Plus, a bondsman has financial incentive to find someone and bring them in, and the state doesn't have to pay for it.

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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.

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.


My dad is a semi-retired judge who mainly handles cases for local judges who go on vacation etc. It’s really hard to piss of a judge worse than by not showing up, or being hours late. It’s probably worth a lot of money on the fine to be on time. I doubt many people realize how big a deal this is to a judge.

As for the miscarriage: the judge has heard it all a thousand times before. You can’t think of an excuse that hasn’t been tried already. That “miscarriage” was probably a PR thing – I can’t imagine they’ll try that in court.

Finally, the judges don’t live in a vacuum. They all know she's late for or skipping appearances all over. I'll ask, but I'm pretty sure that while bail must normally be granted there comes a point it can be denied if it seems the perp won't show up. All of the judges know she's strung out, and all of them know she'll be dead in months if not weeks. If they have the option at some point of putting her in a cell they might do it as the last chance to save her life. It may be that what's helping her here is that as bad as she looks, she's not the worst that comes through the court every day.
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