The irrationally high bail is a sympton, not a cause, of Nifong being a vengeful little prick.
Look, if you just want to say, "I have no information and no experience with such matters as establishment of bail, and simply like to be argumentative for its own non-substantive sake and because I have nothing better to do at the moment, and since I have the type of challenged personality that causes me to get gratification from participating in such noisome gambits and harrassment of other posters, then just say so.
"The irrationally high bail"
Remind me again why you think the bail is irrationally high?
Oh, wait, I remember ...
1) Cause it is.
2) Cause Nifong is a vengeful little prick and we know he is because the bail is irrationally high
3) Cause people who live in Durham are too poor to make that bail
4) Cause hey, it wasn't like they beat her. It's just unlawful confinement and gang rape. Not gang rape plus aggravated assault
5) Cause if you're indicted for rape while on vacation in a state thousands of miles from home, the court shouldn't take where you live into consideration when considering the risk you won't appear for trial.
Yeah, you're quite the expert on criminal procedure ;-) Go ahead, tell us. You're a paralegal? You work in a courthouse? 'Cause you sure as hell ain't no lawyer ;-)
"The irrationally high bail is a sympton, not a cause, of Nifong being a vengeful little prick."
Nifong has nothing to do with the bail. Nifong can suggest an amount, but bottomline, it is the Court and only the Court who determines the bail amount.