Time Served Means You are Sitting In Jail
[QUOTE=Poptall;2134171]As far as I know one does not have much to do with the other, other than higher bond I think means more serious crime, and the more serious the crime the more time.
But, what she wants from you I believe is to be out of jail while she waits for her trial, that's what the bond is for. Bond won't get her out of jail after sentencing if she has to serve time.
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Poptall.[/QUOTE]Our system is designed so that you are innocent until proven guilty. Bond is supposed to be reasonable for the crime being prosecuted. If you cannot afford bond and happen to be found guilty of your crime, you get credit for sitting in jail. If you are on bond, you are not serving time. So for every 24 hours she has been in jail, she gets credit for one day served. Some states give you two days credit for misdemeanors. So if she has stayed a week before getting out on bail and her trial is a year from arrest? She can only get a week time served, unless of course bail is revoked. If the judge sentences her to two weeks, she will have to go back for a week. If she sat in jail for a year awaiting trial and the penalty for such a crime is usually 2 weeks, well that really sucks. But you will walk after trial for time served.