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durham da seeks higher bonds on defendants
Published Feb. 13, 2008
Durham County District Attorney David Saacks has proposed dramatically increasing the amounts of bonds local judges set for people charged with crimes. IT has happened time and time again. A person is arrested and taken off the street for a crime and before my paperwork is done they are walking out of the jail and getting back on the street. Time and time again that same person goes out and commits a crime the same night. It does not always happen, but it does happen. More often than not it is because of an unsecure or low bond. Not every crime earns a high end bond, but anything that involves a weapon or violence should get at a minimum a secure bond. In some counties a DUI gets a custody release. What ever happened to getting tough on drunk driving? I personally have struggled with a suspect at a scene, then had to pull my patrol car over resecure him then once at the magistrate office we had to subdue him again. The magistrate said that if we wanted to charge him with resisting arrest to "write it on a citation". Well not to call any names on the magistrate...but it was Wilson county, and the magistrate has the initials of M.B. It is time that violent offenders sit in jail and keep them from harming others. If the court system doesn't do its job then what good is it to have one. There are enough people getting away with crimes because of attorneys finding loop holes in cases. That is their job, but at least keep repeaters put away because history tells us they will repeat again.
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