{"id":2159,"date":"2021-05-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2021-05-26T15:52:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T15:52:08","slug":"how-is-the-bail-amount-determined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/how-is-the-bail-amount-determined\/","title":{"rendered":"How is the Bail Amount Determined?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From legal trials, arrests, and convictions to long-term imprisonments, bail plays a significant role in different stages of a legal case.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In legal contexts, bail is referred to the money paid by the defendant to the authorities in order to seek temporary release after getting arrested. Since all the arrested convicts must appear in court to defend themselves, they must prepare well before answering a judge.<\/p>\n<p>This requires the convict to apply for bail, appear in the bail hearing, and prove their eligibility for the release. You may be wondering how a bail decision is made and how the court decides the amount of money or assets required in exchange of a convict\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>In this blog, we\u2019ve attempted to explain the process of bail amount determination in detail. So let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n<h2>Indiana Law Governing Bails<\/h2>\n<p>In Indiana, the <a href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/fry-v-state-44\">Supreme Court<\/a> uses a traditional and effective method to calculate the bail amount. Our law is rooted in the concept that every convict is innocent until proven guilty. This automatically directs the court\u2019s decision toward the convict\u2019s ability to pay the bail amount, the complexity of the allegation, and the criminal\u2019s track record.<\/p>\n<p>A person who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/documents\/publications\/training5add3en.pdf\">force arrested<\/a> and held in jail without a reasonable doubt is eligible for bail. However, the court might take some time in deciding bail for a person whose conviction seems true, even if it isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>The exact words stated in Indiana\u2019s constitution are,<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Offenses, other than murder or treason, shall be bail-able by sufficient sureties<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In short, if you\u2019re not arrested for a murder or treason offense, you\u2019re eligible for bail until the court hearing.<\/p>\n<h2>Determination of the Bail Bond Amount<\/h2>\n<p>Bail exists to ensure that a person will abide by the law and appear in every court hearing after getting arrested for a criminal offense. Therefore, the bail bond amount is determined considering the following factors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Defendant\u2019s employment status<\/li>\n<li>Family ties and their reliability<\/li>\n<li>Mental and physical health of the defendant<\/li>\n<li>Previous arrests or allegations, if any.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Role of Evidence<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to all the factors discussed above, the bail amount also depends on the evidence available at the time of the arrest. In case there\u2019s no evidence of the alleged crime, the judge might use their best judgment to determine a lawful bail amount.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Hire DeLaughter Bail Bonds in Indiana?<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes, you can end up in jail even when you haven&#8217;t committed a crime. At <a href=\"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/\"><strong>DeLaughter Bail Bonds<\/strong><\/a>, you can avail bail bond services across Indiana. Our bail bond agents provide 24-hour consultancy and follow-up services to help you with legalities and court regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Our bail bond agency service areas include Kosciusko County, Allen County, Wabash County, Whitley County, and <a href=\"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/service-areas\/\">many others<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/contact-us\/\">Get in touch<\/a> to avail our <a href=\"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/types-of-bail-bonds\/\">affordable bail bonds services<\/a> in Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From legal trials, arrests, and convictions to long-term imprisonments, bail plays a significant role in different stages of a legal case.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2161,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions\/2161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}