Many will remember the Baltimore riots last April through a defining picture showing an 18-year-old man smashing a police car with a traffic cone, yet most of them probably can’t recall what happened after the iconic picture was taken. The man, identified as Allen Bullock, soon after turned himself in to authorities after being persuaded by his stepfather, and is now facing a long time in jail because his family couldn’t afford his bail amounting to over $500,000. [Read more…]

It is never amusing to be accused of carrying and consuming banned substances, more so when you’ve ran afoul of law-enforcement personnel who might make things harder for you, thus forcing you to be let out on bail. Such was the case when rap artist Nelly was caught on drug charges on April 11, 2015, according to an Associated Press report. [Read more…]

In the post-9/11 climate, being tagged for any terrorism-related offenses is no laughing matter. This is also true for anyone who may have been on the hot seat for backing a menace that has yet to reach American shores – but what if the charges have some leeway for the defendants to post bail? Writing for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on April 17, 2015, Robert Patrick described the situation of two of six Bosnian-Americans who were arrested on charges of amassing logistical support for fundamentalist militants. [Read more…]

Sometimes, nasty circumstances put people in scrapes with the law, with the possibility of doing time not far behind. When this happens, their loved ones and counsel will often exhaust all efforts to get them out of jail—at least temporarily—through bail. As Michael Martinez and Stella Chan reports in CNN.com, however, here will be instances of tough calls as in the case of former rap music executive Suge Knight. [Read more…]