Q: Who do I contact about a bond being set excessively high?
My fiance was arrested for POC PG1 >=4g<200g. His bond is set at $200,000. This is his first drug offense. I wouldn't have really thought anything about it and would have waited to file for a reduction, until I noticed that there is another inmate, in the same facility, with the same exact charge with a bond set at $25,000. So I continued looking and my fiance has the highest bond in the facility with the exception of 1 man with a 500,000 dollar bond for murder. The charges I compared range from the same charge at $25,000 to 3 inmates with criminal conspiracy Poc pg1 >=400g with a $175,000 bond. This makes me believe this would fall under the 8th AMMENDMENT and would be "excessive bond". Am I wrong in my thought process?
A: The purpose of bail is to ensure the defendant's appearance at court and to ensure the safety of the community or victim. A POCS case doesn't really have a victim so perhaps there was something about his situation that concerned the judge about the defendant's willingness to appear in court. Perhaps something he said... perhaps a prior Bail Jumping or Failure to Appear... perhaps he has prior felony convictions that might cause him to be indicted as a repeat or habitual offender... His attorney is the person in the best position to find out and also the only person other than the defendant that can attempt to get it lowered. The defendant should probably talk to his attorney about it.
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