[geezerwheezer]

I thought it most interesting that in Durham, North Carolina yesterday, a young man was released on $50,000 bail after being charged with Capitol Murder! The Dukies were released on $400,000 bail each on a rape charge. Wow, only in Durham can you kill and walk, but if you are accused of rape, you are really screwed! Wonder what bail is on a jay-walking charge? $2,500,000 or more? Folks up there are crazy as loons.

[Alia]

Feminist axiom: Rape is a worse crime than murder. It's why they have their "witness protection program" known as the "rape shield laws". They aren't interested in erecting an "abortion shield laws" for the unborn who have no voice, because as Feminist Axion #3 goes: All hetero sex is rape.

[Bellows]

in Durham, North Carolina yesterday, a young man was released on $50,000 bail after being charged with Capitol Murder! The Dukies were released on $400,000 bail each on a rape charge. Wow

If the law in NC is the same in most other states, the amount of bail relates to the likelihood of the accused failing to appear. Naturally the seriousness of the crime (severity of punishment) is a factor in that, but so are such matters as place of permanent residence, ties to the community, etc. College students who only temporarily reside in NC while attending school quite arguably present a much more significant risk of non-appearance than does a local permanent resident who has lived in the state his entire life. That and the fact that $50,000 might not mean very much to an affluent Wall Streeter (as one of the boy's fathers has been described) undoubtedly played a role in the disparity you cite.

[staytrue]

a young man was released on $50,000 bail after being charged with Capitol Murder! The Dukies were released on $400,000 bail each on a rape charge.

That is 800,000 interest free loan to the govt. It works out to 40,000 a year at 5 % interest.