We noted in our prior story about Dinesh D’Souza pleading innocent that his bail was a crazy $500,000 and that I’ve never seen anyone in such a case with that kind of a bond, that assaults and murderers don’t even get that much sometimes. The calculation of what to pay is based on gravity of the crime, danger to community and likelihood of skipping, none of which would necessitate such a bail in D’Souza’s case.
Here’s a list of nine cases, put together by The Blaze, of truly violent criminals who all paid less than D’Souza:
Via The Blaze:
The filmmaker behind the anti-Obama documentary “2016: Obama’s America” was released on $500,000 bond, which some — even in the legal community — argue was excessive.
We looked into these claims and uncovered a number of violent and disturbing offenses that resulted in bail amounts less than D’Souza was required to put up. While it’s not a comprehensive list by any means, here are nine cases where violent suspects had to put up less for bail than D’Souza:
A FORMER CONVICT ACCUSED OF ROBBING 4 PEOPLE AND RAPING ONE OF THEM
In 2007, a Chicago judge set bail for former convict Darnell Richmond at $400,000 on charges that he robbed or attempted to rob four people, raping one of them, just three months after he was released from prison, the Chicago Tribune reports.
That was after Richmond’s bail was increased from $150,000, when he was accused of only two counts of attempted robbery. He was later indicted for additional attempted robbery charges and sexual assault.
A MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL A POLICE OFFICER
Bail for a man in Puna, Hawaii, accused of trying to murder a police officer was reset to $400,000 in December 2013 after several missing affidavits relating to the case were found.
When the probable-cause documents known as Riverside affidavits first went missing, a judge told prosecutors that suspect Joseph Feliciano’s bail would have to be reduced from $558,000 to $25,000. When the missing documents were located his bail was increased to $400,000.
Could the reasoning behind this action have anything to do with his prior film or with D’Souza having a new movie coming out, due to hit just before mid-term elections in 2014?