[JLS]

I had a thought when OJ posted bond. Why couldn’t the Goldman’s ask to have OJ’s bond returned them when he shows for court?

Afterall from the government’s point of view, OJ’s bond is his money. If OJ hired a bond company, then technically the bail bond company loaned the money to OJ and he posted it with the government. Thus rather than return that money to OJ, the government should return it to the Goldman family.

It is the bond company’s problem that they have a loan out to OJ, not the government in Las Vegas or the Goldman’s. Let the bond company collect the money from OJ. And as an added benefit, OJ might find it harder to get someone to post bond for him.

[Procyon]

Afterall from the government’s point of view, OJ’s bond is his money. If OJ hired a bond company, then technically the bail bond company loaned the money to OJ and he posted it with the government. Thus rather than return that money to OJ, the government should return it to the Goldman family.

Not true. The bond is returned to the person who posted it: the bondsman. Bondsmen wouldn't be in business long if some creap he posted $100,000 for got the money when the bond was extinguished and then fled to Vegas with it.

[BritExPatInFla]

The bond isn’t OJ’s money. Other than the 10 percent or whatever was put up towards the bond. If someone else put that up, it’s not able to be given to Golman either.