Personal Narrative: Bail Hearing

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The court case I chose to attend was a bail hearing also known as a “judicial interim release” for the defendant who was assaulting another individual outside a bar while intoxicated. A Judge/Justice of peace is very likely to give bail easily to individuals with less serious offences due to the current overcrowding problem in most jails
(Williams, M.R (2016)). I walked into the court house on Wednesday February the 15th around 12 o-clock and was surprised at how little people there were in the main lobby. I took the elevator up to where the court rooms were and there were a lot more people there than in the main hall most likely around 20 people waiting for their cases to start. There was mostly family court cases happening that day and about …show more content…
The judge talked in a loud clear voice making him easy to hear in the back asking the defense to provide information regarding the defendant’s recent work history, his education, his current living situation, and if he was any previous criminal records. The defense talked in a low soft voice while providing this information which was very different than when the prosecution spoke. The prosecutor seemed to speak more confidently then the defense and hardly had to look down at their papers while presenting to the judge as why they think the defendant shouldn’t receive bail since witnesses said that the defendant was talking about getting in a fight with the individual before he became intoxicated while the defense said they should because it was the defendants first criminal charge. Receiving bail by the severity of the offence committed and if the accused had any prior criminal records (Sacks, M. & Sainato, V. Ackerman, A. (2014) pg.661). In some cases, it has also been said that even race and age had an influence on bail decisions and their outcomes (Sacks, M. et al. (2014) pg.663). Race plays a big role in the making of bail decisions and judges with big caseloads usually result in relying on stereotypes and past experiences when making their decisions due to them having to be quick even if this is the …show more content…
The conditions for the defendant to be released to his mother was that he won’t commit any crimes and he will not contact the victim under any means which was granted by the justice of peace and if the defendant breaks any of the conditions his mother must pay a $500 fine. The advantage of a surety is that the defendant is more likely to receive bail and can live in the community while awaiting their trial (Myers, N. M. (2009) pg.132). The disadvantages of being a surety are you are responsible for the defendant to make sure they don’t commit any crimes while they are out on bail and make sure they show up to their trial, the surety is financially invested in the defendant so if they were to break any of their conditions the surety would be the one paying the set amount money to the court (Myers, N. M. (2009) pg.138). The original reason behind the surety was to relieve the jails of the responsibility to ensure that the accused would appear in court (Myers, N. M. (2009) pg.132). Overall I think that my experience the court house was very educational as I got to understand the amount of time and work it takes to get through a trial and how
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