Unfair Incarceration?

[techyguy717]

Pennsylvania, but in accordance with Florida law.

An employee of a business acquaintance of mine, was recently incarcerated in Florida without bail, after he drove down there to resolve a legal issue.

This young person is now known to be a reformed, upstanding person in his community. Yes, he has made ethical mistakes in his past. After this young man came to realize that some of his decisions had been wrong, due to a change in his moral compass, he did everything possible to rectify his past.

He was notified of an outstanding issue in Florida and drives down to personally face a fine or even probation. He gets sent to jail with no bail until his case can come up in court again. Please note that this was not a terrible crime and he is at no risk of running away. He is in the process of building an honorable life.

People have been writing letters to the authorities in Florida as evidence that this man now lives a good life.

Is there anything that can be done to convince the authorities that he will not run, therefor allowing him to be released, until his next court appearance?

P. S. I apologize, but I did not pry into asking the exact nature of the crime in which he committed. But I could ask if absolutely necessarily.

 

[swalsh411]

The fact that this person did not resolve the outstanding issue in Florida on his own neccessitating this sort of trickery isn't going to sit well with most Judges. It's great that he is turning his life around but that doesn't mean old skeletons don't need to be taken care of. At the end of the day when this is all over this person will be glad they finally got this monkey off their back.

 

[OHRoadwarrior]

The fact that he is an upstanding resident in PA, does not mean he is not a wanted criminal in FL.

 

[Zigner]

Yes, he has made ethical mistakes in his past.

Apparently, they were criminal acts...

Please note that this was not a terrible crime and he is at no risk of running away.

Yet, you go on to say:

P. S. I apologize, but I did not pry into asking the exact nature of the crime in which he committed.

 

[Antigone*]

If the OP is so concerned, then why doesn't he hire an attorney for the youth with the outstanding moral compass

 

[Hot Topic]

The OP IS the "outstanding young man," and he's trying his best to slither his way out of his predicament.

 

[sandyclaus]

Pennsylvania, but in accordance with Florida law.

An employee of a business acquaintance of mine, was recently incarcerated in Florida without bail, after he drove down there to resolve a legal issue.

This young person is now known to be a reformed, upstanding person in his community. Yes, he has made ethical mistakes in his past. After this young man came to realize that some of his decisions had been wrong, due to a change in his moral compass, he did everything possible to rectify his past.

He was notified of an outstanding issue in Florida and drives down to personally face a fine or even probation. He gets sent to jail with no bail until his case can come up in court again. Please note that this was not a terrible crime and he is at no risk of running away. He is in the process of building an honorable life.

People have been writing letters to the authorities in Florida as evidence that this man now lives a good life.

Is there anything that can be done to convince the authorities that he will not run, therefor allowing him to be released, until his next court appearance?

P. S. I apologize, but I did not pry into asking the exact nature of the crime in which he committed. But I could ask if absolutely necessarily.

This person committed a crime in Florida and apparently didn't feel the need to stay put and deal with it. When he crossed state lines to avoid prosecution, that proved that he was not such an honorable person. An honorable person deals with the consequences of their actions instead of running away to another state to avoid them.

The fact that he ran away once is sufficient cause to believe he would again. Anything good he might have done since the initial crime will not justify him getting bail now and being given another chance to flee the state and avoid prosecution again.