I have always seen in movies how people bail each other out and I am always confused on the concept.
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Bail is a deposit of money to get somebody out of jail until they can go to trial. The money would be returned once they show up to trial. The idea is to encourage them to show up to trial, in order to get that money back. A lot of people think this is unfair because obviously rich people might not mind losing some money so they might not have the same incentive to show up for their trial, and poor people may be unable to raise money for bail so they could be stuck in jail for a long time awaiting trial even for crimes that would not normally carry a significant jail sentence – or they could incur costs related to borrowing bail money which they won’t get back, even if they show up to trial and even if they are found innocent of the crime they were accused of. However, especially in the United States, cash payments for bail are still pretty common.
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