bail
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The law since has been adjusted to allow courts to impose bail for repeat retail-theft offenders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
At Westminster Magistrates' Court, District Judge Nina Tempia freed the teenager on bail with conditions including to live and sleep at his home address and to not enter any synagogue.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
He posted $100,000 bail and was released Monday evening, according to the Sheriff’s Department Inmate Information Center.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
The U.S. military had to bail him out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
“But why set bail when I can’t tell anyone I’m in prison?”
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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