[NeonKnight]

True enough but loss of earnings on that $400,000 and getting all $400,000 back still beats the hell out of paying $40,000 to a bail bondsman and getting nothing back.

I still don't know. In a years time, you should be ablt to make more than 40K with that money.

[TommyDale]

This has never occurred to me before, but if there is actually $400,000 cash being put up as bail, does the state or county get to float the cash and earn the interest? If that is the case, it might explain why the county is in no hurry to prosecute cases such as this.