NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A bill recently filed in Tennessee takes on a whole new approach for addressing repeat offenders.
The proposed legislation would allow a victim to sue someone who posted bail — other than a professional bondsman or a person with a bailable interest — for a defendant if that defendant is later convicted of another crime that occurred while the defendant was out on bail. Therefore, it would allow the victim to “recover for damage to property, injury, or death arising from the subsequent criminal offense,” according to the bill.
“I don’t think it would ever go to court because you can’t determine what a person’s going to do when you bond them out,” David Stuckman, president of the Professional Bail Agents of the United States, told News 2…