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[quote=Anonymous]I used to work in Pretrial a million years ago. I made recommendations to the court as to whether people should be held or released, and if they were to be held on bond, I recommended an amount. The 2 most important factors are whether the defendant is likely to show up to court, and whether they present a danger if released. We used an old rating system called the Vera-Point system, that assigned points for community and family stability and ties. I should note that the Son of Sam guy pointed up to a release under this system. ;) Anyway, indecent exposure are misdemeanors. We tried not to keep many in for misdemeanors. If there is a way, according to checking with references, etc. to keep him away from the victims, the school, and other places where the same types of crimes could happen again, then he's a good candidate for release/small bond. I didn't think anyone gave bond for misdemeanor marijuana arrests anymore. Wow. [/quote]
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