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Originally Posted by Maverick.
What if he is given an inane bail amount?
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I'm not familiar with the procedural rules involved in calculating bail amounts, but if the judge is satisfied it was a genuine oversight I would not expect the bail level to be raised to a ridiculous level. It would most likely be added into the formula used or itself used as the bail amount. If the judge is not satisfied that it was an oversight, the most likely result would be that bail is refused and thus Zimmerman would spend the time before trial in jail instead. There is little to be gained by setting an absurd bail level, after all, and it could be deemed prejudicial conduct and thus jeopardise the trial itself. The more pertinent issue is how this is going to affect his credibility going forward, as his defence team have admitted they are concerned about this.