My nephew is locked up and could be facing 5-7 years. Should I bail him out?

Emily T

I always say tough love is the best policy, but that does not extend to letting a loved one rot in jail. I worked as a therapist in a jail, it is a completely miserable, horrible, awful place. Maybe showing him that his life is not a complete waste and that someone cares about him will help him make the decisions he will need to make before he is released from prison (whenever that may be). I say show him the love.

marlenekay4

I would leave him there. I don't bail people out. If they did something to get into trouble then they should get the consequences. I have seen to many times in my life where people got bailed and just continued on with what they were doing. Let him serve his time.

USA!

Dont! Time served and good behavior will pay off. He screwed up....let him pay.

kim

Leave him there. It doesn't make a difference if he is out first just cost more money.If he is going to do the time, might as well start now.

moonsister_98

Ultimately the answer lies with you. My opinion is leave him in jail. He won't get time served until he has gone to trial. How much do you trust him, will he commit the same crime again, where is going to live while he is out. This really comes down to your own choices. I wish you good luck.

TedEx

You do realize if he would take off, you would be liable for the entire amount, don't you??? It comes down to this" how much do you really trust him? And, don;t say, " he wouldn't do that to me." People facing jail time do desperate things.

Cheese Queen Forever

nope dont bail him out. he got himself into this mess, let him sweat it out. maybe next time he will think twice before committing another crime, and maybe next time he'll realize "no ones gonna bail me out". u bail him out, i promise u will regret it.

Millo

Dude take it from me I did it once and I regret ed it .He took off and I lost my money .Unless he is your child and u can trust him 100%.Because if he knows that he will do time he will take off .But it's your money. What do you think ? How well do you know him & trust him ?But if it was me again I would never do it !!!!!!!!!!

Dizzy

My name is Rob and I am out on bail now, i go to court all the time lately and my lawyer said everything was going to work out..........But now its going to trial and not looking good..it just kept getting continued...I mean i have done a lot of things since I have been out like got a job and stuff but im probably going back in so it depends if you think he would "enjoy" his freedom before he goes back in and make him work harder to get out and not get into trouble, and if he is worth the money and chance

Britney M

Well how bout you tell us what he did?
In all likelihood you should let him pay for what he's done.
A few months of freedom won't do much for him but let him get into even more trouble than he's already in.

Eddie

Bailing is not right. If someone does something wrong, they should face the punishment. However, they have let people out on count of good behavior. So tell him to be good and don't drop the soap! lol sorry about that. :)

It is ME!!!

Well, there are several problems, one being, will he show up for his court hearings? If he doesn't, you stand to lose everything that you put up for him. The good thing is (again, depends on the state) for every day that he is locked up, will count toward his time so he could get what they call credit for pre-trial confinement.

Personally, I wouldn't do it but you are the one that stands to lose whatever is put up so only you can make that decision. Good luck with that decision use your head not your heart.

asmul8ed

Seriously, I wouldn't post any amount of my money or assets toward bonds for anyone (not even my own child). I know bail bonds people as friends, and they tell me stories of how people skip bail and what not. People who are usually good may get caught up in bad things, but this usually starts a wave of bad decisions, and it wouldn't be anything I would wage against. That is my two cents.

PrivateName112

Tough love.

hotwheels122287

leave him there, people are sentenced to do time for a reason.....if he has been sentenced to face 5-7 he needs to learn from his actions and suffer the consequences....

Barry C

His freedom will be extremely limited.

Your risk is that he doesn't show for trial. Then the bondsman is on the hook for the other 90%, and since you will sign to agree to pay that as needed, so are you.

If you trust him to show up, then make your choice on whatever other factors you like.

If you don't trust him, or are not willing to take the risk, let him sit.

You asked so...

What if he runs, can you afford to lose 10% (or your collateral)? I think it's good that you are trying to be loyal to your nephew but you are probably older and need your $$. Don't do it. Is a few months of freedom worth you losing 10% and when he had his freedom, he didn't value it himself.

hugh g

well thats a hard question.well first lets look at the story what happended fight,kill,rob?ok then make sure everything is looking good.if u have friends in the police department and in the government.if you dont have good government people get lawyers ,but not the normal ones !then do u want to bail him out ,and does he deserves it ?if u think hes innocent let him go but if he true u choose ,u can let him be in prison for 3-4 years with the lawyers ,so u can choose or u can make it very simple put a dot .and everything will be by the way of the judge or police.u now whats a bribe do it very carefully.look just do as i tell you and u will be fine!good luck dude!

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