Get Bail, Leave Jail
America’s Guide to Hiring a Bondsman, Navigating Bail Bonds, and Getting out of Custody before Trial
by S.J. Plotkin
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Pub Date 1 Sep 2021 | Archive Date 2 Jan 2022
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Description
When you or someone you care about is incarcerated, your priority is to secure a safe release as soon as possible. This can be overwhelming. You may feel rushed and might make bad decisions based on incomplete or inaccurate information—decisions that carry serious long-term consequences.
Get Bail, Leave Jail helps Americans safely navigate legal accusations, arrests, bail bondsmen, and the most complicated court procedures. Its guidance stems from more than 60 years of family experience in bail, working with thousands of people in need, countless criminal defense lawyers, and all manner of law enforcement and court officials.
Within these pages, you'll find detailed advice about:
· Five types of bail agencies (including how to check their reputation and qualifications).
· Eleven questions to ask a bail bondsman or bail agent before hiring them.
· Five ways to get out of jail (and how to speed up release).
· Eight ways that getting out of jail can be delayed (and how to avoid them).
· The most common bail bond forms and contracts you'll encounter.
· Twenty-one types of items you can use as bail collateral to secure your bond money.
· Navigating criminal court procedures and ensuring the exoneration of your bail bond.
· How to prepare your defense in court, how to reduce sentencing, and maybe even how to stay out of prison completely.
Every arrest is difficult, whether it's a DUI, traffic ticket, shoplifting, domestic violence, drug possession, white collar crime, or an even more serious charge. But defendants who get out on bail are better prepared because they have more time, more options, and can seek better help. Read Get Bail, Leave Jail to prepare yourself with this vital information before you or your loved ones ever need it.
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A recent update has been made to this publication for greater accuracy. If you received the book from 9/1/21 to 10/20/21 and would like an updated copy, please email bailanswers@gmail.com to receive the digital update.
Advance Praise
"Finalist 2021 Best Book Awards, American Book Fest
""Too often, ordinary people overlook the importance of knowing how to protect their sovereign rights and interacting with law enforcement in the appropriate way. The advice in this short guide is direct, concise, and accurate, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to all Americans who value their freedom.""
Joe Lombardo, Current Bail Supervisor and Former Peace Officer
""A book like Get Bail, Leave Jail that lays out what bail is and why it matters so much in clear and simple language anyone can understand is long overdue for American families. Not only that, but it provides integral tactical advice about how to employ the knowledge here to your advantage in an encounter with the criminal justice system. I consider it essential reading for anyone in a position where they are, sooner or later, liable to have to defend themselves in court against any manner of criminal allegations.""
John M. Rorabaugh, California Bail Law Attorney
“Families under stress as well as individuals involved in the system will appreciate the wealth of information presented in this crystal-clear guide to the bail bond process.”
US Review of Books
“For the best advice you'll read this year concerning bail, bondsmen, and related issues, Get Bail, Leave Jail should be first on your reading list.”
Reader’s Favorite
“(Get Bail, Leave Jail) provides very useful and insightful information that will help readers understand the nuances of the bail industry from a bail law attorney and expert with over 28 years experience whose primary objective is to maximize the appearance of the defendant in court to help tens of thousands of families avoid paying millions of dollars from bail forfeitures. Read this book to acquire essential knowledge of the bail industry and secure yourself and your family in one of society's most sensitive arenas.”
Pat Mitchell
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781945884160 |
| PRICE | US$0.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Thursday B, Media/Journalist
I did not finish this book because I find its perspective on the commercial bail industry in the US to be focused on the needs of the authors (who are professional bail agents), over the needs of potential readers. Based on my experience working at bail funds and in legal aid, the advice in this book is flawed and will likely enable bail agents to take advantage of people seeking funds to post bail. Key problems include ignoring the very different outcomes faced by people of color during arrests and incarceration when compared with those of white defendants, downplaying domestic violence charges, and failing to mention how dramatically different bail systems can be between individual counties, let alone individual states.
