Section 15 (1) substitutes a new para 6 of Pt 1 of Sch 1, BA 1976 and provides that if defendants are 18 years or over and it appears to the court that, having been released on bail in or in connection with the proceedings for an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, they failed to surrender to custody, they may not be granted bail unless the court is satisfied that there is no significant risk that,
if released on bail, they would fail to surrender to custody.
If released on bail, an Accused will likely have strict conditions preventing any communication with the spouse.
But in Dubuque, Iowa, another Jewish defendant remains incarcerated pending trial because of concerns that he might avail himself of the «law of return» and flee to Israel
if released on bail.
In addition, the court held that the police counsel could not convince it as to how the defendant is likely to influence prosecution witnesses in the cause of his trial
if released on bail.
Not exact matches
Bowler ordered him held until next Wednesday, when a hearing will be held to determine
if he may be
released on bail.
However, the IGP in a press
release on Thursday, April 6 stated: «We had police officers at the court and we had about 20 officers
on standby but,
if you remember we gave the accused persons [police]
bail when they were suspects and they willingly appeared before the court, so you can imagine that the extent of danger or likelihood of they escaping was not as high as we will believe,» he explained at a press conference in Accra
on Thursday, April 6.
He uttered a single word, when asked
if he understood the terms of his
release on bail: «Yes.»
TicoTimes is reporting an intriguing,
if entirely unexpected and rather bizarre, possibility in the case of Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, now
released on bail in Germany as extradition proceedings continue.
Accused persons who do not get
released on bail are more likely to plead guilty, and more likely to be convicted even
if they plead not guilty.
If an accused is not
released on bail, they will be held in hail until their trial is heard.
If, however the accused is held
on bail they will be required to attend a
bail hearing where a judge will make the determination whether they will be
released.
How to apply to be
released on bail if you're appealing to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission against an immigration decision.
For example,
if you are
released from custody
on a recognizance of
bail, you will be subject to conditions.
If you've been charged with a criminal offence, after you are
released by the police or get out
on bail, you will have to go to court.
If the parties can not agree, the Crown will let the presiding Judge or Justice of the Peace know that he or she is seeking the detention of the accused person
on one of the three grounds in the Criminal Code: i) the primary ground (that the accused will not attend for court and could flee the jurisdiction), ii) the secondary ground (that the accused is a public safety risk and there is a substantial likelihood he or she will reoffend while out
on bail), and iii) the tertiary ground (that the public will lose confidence in the administration of justice should the accused person be
released).
If an accused is
released on bail, the
bail conditions are not just in place until they make their first appearance in court.
If the accused is
released on bail with a surety to supervise them, they sometimes have to live with their surety.
At the
bail hearing, a judge will decide whether you should be
released (
on bail) and what you must agree to do
if you are
released.