Maggief will find it, but I'll look.
http://brandonh.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/21/173216-durham-double-standard-teen-charged-in-murder-gets-50000-bond-while-duke-rape-players-set-at-400000
Article Source: heraldsun.com
DURHAM -- A $50,000 bond was set Wednesday for one of two teens accused in Durham's first homicide of 2006, the March fatal shooting of 24-year-old Alvin Lee Jones.
Nicholas Alexander Mack, 17, previously had been held without bond in the case.
He and Dontae Daevon Jones, 18, are charged with shooting Alvin Jones in the back at the Bentwood Park apartment complex on Junction Road in eastern Durham. Authorities have said the shooting apparently was gang-related.
Superior Court Judge Ron Stephens rejected a defense request that Mack's bond be set as low as $25,000.
"My focus is on community security," the judge said.
Just found an interesting tidbit whilst googling.
"NPRP data for 1992 show that the fugitive rate (defined as the percent of released defendants who failed to appear and were not returned to court after one year) for surety releases is slightly lower than for conditional releases, three percent to five percent. On the other hand, a 1987 study of pretrial release in Durham, North Carolina found that the percent of fugitives released on surety was nearly twice as high as for other releases, 26 percent to 14 percent."
What does this mean? I interpret this to mean that 26% of those released on bond in Durham don't show up for trial. Is that correct? Dang! If so, Durham makes money on bail...
Link: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:WsBA5rEBL_YJ:www.pretrial.org/commsuretybail.doc+durham+bail&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=61
(Sorry if I'm not doing this correctly...)