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If you should get your bail revoked? (Original Post) imanamerican63 Jun 2018 OP
Yup tazkcmo Jun 2018 #1
No. former9thward Jun 2018 #4
Not necessarily, no jberryhill Jun 2018 #2
Thank you tazkcmo Jun 2018 #5
No Dread Pirate Roberts Jun 2018 #3

former9thward

(32,012 posts)
4. No.
Fri Jun 15, 2018, 02:59 PM
Jun 2018

Regular people do not lose their bail. Judges readjust bail conditions frequency for "average people".

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
2. Not necessarily, no
Fri Jun 15, 2018, 02:21 PM
Jun 2018

Bail is set primarily for the purpose of securing the attendance of the defendant. Manafort hasn't run off. He has, however, by violating the conditions of his release, lost the deal he had.

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
3. No
Fri Jun 15, 2018, 02:23 PM
Jun 2018

Not under these circumstances. If he skipped town to go hide in the Ukraine then yes. His right to bail pending trial was revoked. No need to secure his appearance with that property any longer. The federal government is now insuring that he will appear as necessary.

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