Why are dangerous criminals, found guilty, allowed bail only to abscond?
People are not bailed after they are found guilty. They can receive probation or parole, but they are not bailed. Bail is paying a fine to get out of jail in the period before the trial, not after. If you are talking about parole, it is because in most states they use indeterminate sentencing which means that they allow flexibility in sentencing by allowing a parole board to review the prisoner’s progress while in prison to see if they should be released. The only time they are not released on parole is when they don’t make any progress in prison or committed such a harsh crime they didn’t make enough progress to be released early. In the end, you have to remember that part of the sentence that the judge comes down with is the parole eligibility date which is the minimum sentence for a person, so it isn’t like murderers get out 10 minutes after they are sentenced. It is after they serve a minimum number of years in prison.
