Me, I don’t know the difference between bail and bond. They both start with “B”. All I know is that more money is to be dished out of Mr Zimmerman’s pocket.
Why didn’t they assess how much all his stuff is worth? (wife’s jewelry, car, computers TV etc...?)
Why don’t they just drain his blood from his body? Hang him and get it over with? We all know what the root of this is.
Wouldn’t that satisfy the black lynch mob?
BAIL is the CASH money you pay to the BONDSMAN to get you out of jail. You do NOT get this money back, ever. It is usually around 10% of the actual BOND.
BOND is a piece of paper (a promissory note) that the BONDSMAN gives the court for the full amount set by the Judge.
If you appear for trial, the JUDGE dismisses the BOND (the BOND is released), and the BONDSMAN is not out any money at all, and has made a profit of the 10% of the BOND.
If you do not appear, the BONDSMAN then must pay the full amount of the BOND (make good on the note). This makes the BONDSMAN very mad, and he/she will pay HANDSOMELY for a SKIP TRACER (Bounty Hunter) to find you, because that’s an awfully large amount of money to come up with. So... they find you and retrieve you, dead or alive.