I sort of didn't pay attention when I heard last week but Derek Chauvin was released on 1$M bail recently. I'm sort of surprised people get bail on a murder charge, is this normal in the states? Is it something to do with the degree of murder that someone is charged with?
Yes, which themselves depend on each state’s laws to define them. If the law doesn’t prohibit bail for an offence, it depends on whether the prosecution can convince a judge that the defendant is a flight risk or danger to the public.
I sort of didn't pay attention when I heard last week but Derek Chauvin was released on 1$M bail recently. I'm sort of surprised people get bail on a murder charge, is this normal in the states? Is it something to do with the degree of murder that someone is charged with?