From the other topic on this, w/ me quoting from the news source:
streamofthesky posted...
The state requested his bond be set to $100,000, however the judge ruled Brockway can be released on his own recognizance. Brockway had not been released as of 5 p.m. on Monday.
This is not Brockways first run in with police. He pleaded guilty to an assault with a weapon charge that occurred in 2011.
WTF?! Dude shouldn't even have bail option!
Why not? Bail is usually only denied under certain circumstances, such as the individual being a flight risk. Whether he sits in prison awaiting trial or is at home awaiting trial, he's going to spend the same amount of time in a jail if he's convicted (which, if you do something in a place with dozens of witnesses and admit to having done it, he's pretty much guaranteed to be found guilty) because the time spent in jail beforehand counts as time served. The only way it'd make a difference is if he saw no prison time at all -- which, even if he took a plea, seems absurdly unlikely since he seriously injured a young minor in an unprovoked attack.
You don't give him bail...
...because he's a danger to society! Was already on parole for assault w/ a weapon, then he brutally assaults a kid. How do you not get this?
I'm not seeing a reference to "parole" in the article but, if he violated parole, wouldn't he automatically be imprisoned regardless for violating parole?
Just going to the fair probably didnt violate any conditions of his parole, but this attack would definitely violate it. However the US operates under innocent until proven guilty so they cant use the thing hes on trial for as a reason to claim he violated parole until hes proven guilty of it in court. ---
Que sera, sera. Whatever happens, happens. ...and he was never heard from again.