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  • cannot be set higher than an amount that is reasonably likely to ensure the defendant’s presence at the trial

    That is a sentence that you can really roll over in your head. It does not necessarily also mean an amount within the resources of the defendant. I watch a lot of hearings, and something I’ve seen at least a few times is a set of allegations and past facts (usually something like multiple failures to appear in the past, and/or fleeing from police) in a situation where the actual charge being bailed on has a statutory requirement that bail be offered. The judge doesn’t want to let the person out on bail, so therefore sets the bail at $1 million or something which is functionally the same thing as not giving them bail.

    Usually this triggers a motion for a hearing about the bail amount by the defense lawyer to argue down the amount, but if the court date on the charge is earlier than court date for the motion, it becomes a moot issue.









  • SSTF@lemmy.worldtoMovies@lemmy.worldNosferatu 2024 by Robert Eggers
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    Eggers seems like an excellent choice to make a period piece vampire movie that is actually effective and doesn’t come off as a joke. The Witch was tense and moody when a huge amount of the tension was just characters looking into the woods. Effective because Eggers showed just enough to keep the threat forefront. The Lighthouse was something of a swing and a miss plotwise, being about 15% too confusingly esoteric to keep the tension, but individual scenes and sequences were effective and tense. It was also a very well shot black and white movie. While Nosferatu isn’t going to be black and white, it looks like it will have some very desaturated sequences, and knowing that those will be shot in a way where I can actually see what’s happening is positive.

    The shadow of the hand over the city was great, and I swear a reference to something but I can’t quite place it.