The history of bail bonds can be traced back to the times of ancient Rome. Bail law was based on English law in pre-independence America. After the Declaration of Independence in 1776, states that had not already done so enacted their own versions of bail law. In 1789, when the United States Bill of Rights was introduced, Congress passed a law specifying which type of crimes were bailable and set bounds on a judge’s discretion in setting bail. It was also provided that all non-capital crimes are bailable and that…
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