re: Ruggs bail was only $150,000

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Yeah post the link to the news article (with his name and mugshot) to Tigerdroppings and expose one of my good friends more than what he already was. Yeah I will pass.

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Sounds like he’s famous already

Also sounds like you’re leaving a lot out of the story

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Everything underlined goes into determining whether they're a flight risk, so not sure why you listed them separately

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Because the judge literally asks all of those things to defense counsel

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Not going to continue to waste my time responding to you,

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K bye

Ok, post a link to your Facebook or LinkedIn or any personal social media account you have on Tigerdroppings.

And yes you caught me. His son was with him but the son was only injured. Did not know leaving out that detail would shed so much more light on the topic at hand.

Foreshadowing when his charges are reduced and he gets off with minimal jail time

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Did not know leaving out that detail would shed so much more light on the topic at hand.

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What would shed more light is what his initial charges were, not how the case ended. If your buddy was sober driving down an unlit road at night not speeding and that’s what the officers thought from the beginning i call bullshite. If he was intially charged with vehicular homicide then sure.

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Because of the reason where I have seen many of other people get a bond at or just above that for a less severe crime. That is with clean records before hand. Happened to a buddy of mine for something less severe (BAC under the legal limit but hit a guy walking on the shoulder on a dark back road).

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So your buddy drove drunk and killed somebody? That is the exact same crime.

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And yes you caught me. His son was with him but the son was only injured. Did not know leaving out that detail would shed so much more light on the topic at hand.

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Well if he was arrested under suspicion of driving while impaired and the son was a minor it could certainly influence the judge’s thinking.

Some points that need to be considered. First is that the judge sets the bail amount. No two will view the circumstances of a case the same way so comparing different cases is an exercise in futility.

Second, this happened in Nevada. Anyone really familiar with the laws and normal practices surrounding bond amounts in Nevada? Didn’t think so. Comparing a bond amount for a Nevada case with one in Louisania, Alabama, or anywhere else is a more futile exercise than comparing bond amounts between different judges on different cases.

Third, as others have pointed out, short of ordering him held without bond there’s no amount that he can’t make. He’s going to bond out. The only question is will he be able to avoid violating the conditions placed on him. No drinking, driving, or drugs until trial. Unless he has a very strong and forceful support network that’s going to be a challenge with the stresses he’s under.

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So your buddy drove drunk and killed somebody? That is the exact same crime.

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Define drunk. He was below the legal BAC level and not going 100+ over the speed limit. Also hit a pedestrian that was walking on an unlit country road where he should not have been walking. Clearly the exact same crime right?

I didn't say the bail was excessive.

Bail is used as punishment many times in reality because a bondsman will want 10% of the total usually to post a high bond - so if someone's money is tied up in their property mostly a 1 million dollar bond means they are out a 100K to the bondsman. And if you don't have wealth you could be stuck in jail for over a year before trial.