Reply To: In Defense of Judge Freier

CTL, the point is that a person without criminal law experience needs a period of time to learn the ropes.

Iacisrmma, a Class B felony is much more serious than a misdemeanor. Moreover, as it was an attempt the crime attempted was a Class A-I felony.

Yitzchokm, I did not find the exact formulae but I did find on NOLO that there are algorithms for bail. I also found on the websites of the Storobin Law Firm and Shalley and Murray that over $5K for misdemeanors is very rare. As Casey Stengel said, you can look it up.