Tennessee man gets $14M bond after daring judge to raise his bond - Sensationalist Headlines

[img]https://mgtvwncn.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/charles-nichols.png[/img] [quote] CHEATHAM COUNTY, Tenn. ([URL="http://wkrn.com/2017/05/18/tennessee-man-gets-14m-bond-after-trying-judges-patience/"]WKRN[/URL]) – A man was given a $14 million bond by a Cheatham County judge on Thursday after he allegedly continued to try the judge’s patience. Charles Nichols was standing before Judge Phillip Maxie on sex charges involving a minor when it all went down. Sources said the judge gave the 33-year-old a $50,000 bond, but Nichols stood up and told the judge to go “f*** himself” before flipping him and everyone in the courtroom the bird. Judge Maxie reportedly told him to sit down or he’d raise his bond, to which Nichols allegedly said he didn’t care, daring the judge to give him a $1 million bond — so he did. Sources say Nichols then challenged the bench again, daring the judge to raise his bond to $10 million, so he did. This little game went on until the man’s bond was raised and set at $14 million.[/quote] [URL]http://wncn.com/2017/05/19/tennessee-man-gets-14m-bond-after-daring-judge-to-raise-his-bond/[/URL]

Well he did dare the judge.

Ask and you will receive :v:

to be fair, bond, bondsmen, and bounty hunters are all pretty dated relics that don't do anything but make the whole criminal system harder for poor people to navigate. never a good idea to fuck with a judge though.

This is kangaroo court, sir!

[QUOTE=Sableye;52279653]to be fair, bond, bondsmen, and bounty hunters are all pretty dated relics that don't do anything but make the whole criminal system harder for poor people to navigate.[/QUOTE] Any system that doesn't let people get out before they are declared guilty allows the government to hold you without recourse. Bond lets you [del]do that[/del] release people* while adding a consequence for failing to appear, and funds resources to track those that do so down. It's not a perfect system, but what's the alternative? *clarity edit

[video]https://youtu.be/bTeYncx1xmI[/video]

[QUOTE=Zephyrs;52279675]Any system that doesn't let people get out before they are declared guilty allows the government to hold you without recourse. Bond lets you do that while adding a consequence for failing to appear, and funds resources to track those that do so down. It's not a perfect system, but what's the alternative?[/QUOTE] How is "becoming a wanted fugitive" not an adequate consequence for not appearing in court exactly? Because like, that's kinda like a big deal idk if you know. Skipping out of court is actually already a crime. Tacking an arbitrary monetary amount to it is simply retarded and outdated. Plus it's not like people charged with murder are let go on bail, it's pretty rare actually as you don't have a right to bail, you have a right to a timely trial. All the concept of bail does is harm the poor and allow scumbags to cause undue financial burden on people via predatory bonds, etc.

[QUOTE=F.X Clampazzo;52279691]How is "becoming a wanted fugitive" not an adequate consequence for not appearing in court exactly? Because like, that's kinda like a big deal idk if you know. Skipping out of court is actually already a crime. Tacking an arbitrary monetary amount to it is simply retarded and outdated. Plus it's not like people charged with murder are let go on bail, it's pretty rare actually as you don't have a right to bail, you have a right to a timely trial. All the concept of bail does is harm the poor and allow scumbags to cause undue financial burden on people via predatory bonds, etc.[/QUOTE] Well you can skip out on court with your money, or you can skip out on court and be without money. If anything, it helps pay for the inevitable manhunt.

[QUOTE=F.X Clampazzo;52279691]How is "becoming a wanted fugitive" not an adequate consequence for not appearing in court exactly? Because like, that's kinda like a big deal idk if you know. Skipping out of court is actually already a crime. Tacking an arbitrary monetary amount to it is simply retarded and outdated.[/QUOTE] Are you seriously implying that someone facing multiple decades in prison will care about an extra charge or two if they get caught? Hell, people skip out on crimes that would lead to sentences measured in months, and that's with bail. Who pays for that? At least with bonds they've already lessened the societal burden of tracking them down should they fail to appear. Without bonds, I fail to see why we as a society should ever let someone out before their trial, and that is obviously an undesirable position for a number of reasons. [editline]26th May 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=F.X Clampazzo;52279691]Plus it's not like people charged with murder are let go on bail.[/QUOTE] In response to your edit, this is simply factually wrong. To be denied bail, the prosecution typically has to show that you are currently a credible threat to the community. Accused rapists and murderers are given bail all the time, and you only need to lookup a few court records online to see proof of this. They have restrictions placed on them, and the dollar amounts are very large, but they are given bail.

[I]"You won't do it, no balls..."[/I] [B]"Bail has been raised to 14 million"[/B]

Reminds me of this court case [video=youtube;WTWdP5DMdsM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTWdP5DMdsM[/video] (This is a real case, the animation and voice over are just icing on the cake)

He probably didn't care because he probably didn't have 50,000 to begin with

Reading the thread's title alone made me facepalm, but reading the article made me cringe horribly because of the stupidity of this man.

[QUOTE=Aztec;52283310]He probably didn't care because he probably didn't have 50,000 to begin with[/QUOTE] He'd only need 5,000 to get out

[QUOTE=-nesto-;52283369]He'd only need 5,000 to get out[/QUOTE] He probably didn't have 5000

Quote from Man With Raised Bond "What are you gonna do, raise my bond?"