He is said to have forfeited his 10000 dollar bond, however no plea deal was struck it seems, no court judgement against him which required him to pay a fine or perform community service. So, somewhere there must exist an order from that judge/court stating he agreed to pay the fine, which is of course an admission of guilt, and do the community service in return for charges dropped and record of arrest expunged....no, that can't be correct huh, you cannot drop charges AND charge a fine and punishment can you. One or the other, either charges were dropped, in which case there is no punishment because no charges huh...or you paid a fine which is guilt of something.
Where did the money go, who gave him a receipt for his forfeited bond? If he had charges dropped and they kept his bond, isn't that theft by the city? He should sue and get his 10 grand back, Chicago stole his money!
[–] 17676122? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Bail.
He paid to get out of jail and the city gets to keep the money.
[–] 17676249? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I thought he was innocent? As far as I know, innocent people don't forfeit bond money.
[–] 17676436? ago
No the charges were dropped, on condition that he forfeit the bail money
[–] 17683223? [S] ago
Thanks, I was reading it wrong! "Give up his bond, to the city of Chicago" makes sense but I parsed it as "Give up his [bond to the city of Chicago]" i.e., the bond was somehow part of the city. Then I got broken down that path and never bubbled back up to "oh, right, bail bond."