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Currently he's charged with Attempting to Make a Terrorist threat and unrelated fraud charges and is being held on $1.1 million in bail.
News Item 2008
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Currently he's charged with Attempting to Make a Terrorist threat and unrelated fraud charges and is being held on $1.1 million in bail.
Criminal Law 2007
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He stumbled over the hose as he took the nozzleman position, fingers fumbling over the moveable U-shaped handle called the bail.
Terror At Dawn Douglass, Keith 2003
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As we told you earlier, he made bail last week on charges that included assaulting a police officer and child rape, which would seem to argue against any kind of bail.
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As we told you earlier, he made bail last week on charges that's including assaulting a police officer and child rape which would seem to argue against any kind of bail.
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Now, one of the things they will be hoping for is some kind of bail.
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Firstly, they want to see the 17-year-old released on bond, have some kind of bail.
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When these individuals are put in solitary confinement, or in the brig, Anderson, military law does not allow for any kind of bail.
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ARMEY: Well, I would certainly not use the word "bail."
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It’s a much more adult stance than what one might expect from him given his prior behavior, and it’s a much more adult stance than what has been adopted by his centrist peers, who seem to just be looking for an excuse to bail. from the Lincoln Journal Star:
Matthew Yglesias » Reconciliation Points the Way to Bipartisanship 2010
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