What Bond Would Have Been Set For Mr. & Mrs. C, If They Had Turned Themselves In On Friday Morning?

[SoCalDavidS]

Would they have been allowed to do the 10% deal? Would the Prosecution still have asked for $500K each or would the judge probably have gone much lower, on the assumption they were not a flight risk?

[LisaL]

1. Presumably much lower than 500k per person.

NT

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. I think the bond would've been much lower

[SoCalDavidS]

3. That Lawyer Was Spinning

I'm sure 99.9% of what she was spewing was BS.

If, as they claim, they were in contact with their clients throughout the day, and weren't properly advising them, then they are the Worst lawyers in the world, and should be fired and possibly sued. The excuse about being in court all day seemed lame.

That's of course assuming they were not telling their clients about the Giant hole being dug by failing to turn themselves in post haste.

My guess is they too were not able to reach their clients, and had no idea where they were. Not this BS about their clients being "scared," and wanting to get their affairs in order. Certainly they knew that being "scared," and wanting to get affairs in order, had ZERO chance of flying with the court. As the hours passed, the lawyers, assuming they had already been retained, had to know that the chances of getting a reasonable bond were going out the window.

[Tomconroy]

4. They might have got a promise to appear, probably.

[SoCalDavidS]

5. Like Typical MAGA Nutballs, They Probably STILL Think They Did Nothing Wrong

They think the only thing they did wrong, was they failed to "Not Get Caught."

Probably would do it all over again.

[MustLoveBeagles]

6. +1

[vlyons]

7. They were willing to throw their son ubder the bus

Ran out on him. Left him to deal with his crime on his own. Rotten white trash

[SoCalDavidS]

8. If The Son Doesn't Know Already

He's gonna start wondering why mommy & daddy aren't coming to visit him.

[iemanja]

9. No, much lower

Their flight changed everything.

[greenjar_01]

10. RoR

[susanr516]

11. The bond would have been much lower had they appeared for the Arraignment

I work part-time for a friend who is a Criminal Defense attorney in TX. The reason for posting bond is to ensure that the accused follows the court's order to appear. You mentioned the 10% deal. I don't know what the laws are in other states, but in TX, the bail bond companies require a a payment of 10% of the bond to have them guarantee payment of the rest of the bond, should you fail to appear in court. Had the parents made an appearance at the Arraignment, they likely would have been given a much lower bond. Again, I'm only relying on TX law, but manslaughter is a 2nd degree felony. Unless the accused had a long criminal record, I'd be shocked if the bond was more than $30,000. They brought all this on themselves. If they had just shown up in court, they'd be looking at paying about 10% of what they're facing now. Oh, well. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.