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Originally Posted by sonick
Who decides on the court's terms regarding granting bail vs no bail? City of Vancouver? Province of BC? Federal government?
Legitimately curious as I have no idea, but definitely seems unreasonable to grant bail given the multiple offences and risk to repeat.
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The Crown attorney first decides if they want to consent to or oppose bail. If they decide to oppose bail, then they make their case in front of a judge.
The Defense attorney argues why an accused should be released on bail.
But ultimately the decision to grant or deny bail comes down to the judge.
So the answer to "what is causing these people to be released" really comes down to Judges being a bit soft and/or not correctly assessing the risk to public safety and the likelihood for a violent person to reoffend while on bail.
As to who puts pressure on the judges to be a bit more scrutinizing during bail hearings? I'm not really sure, probably the provincial government, or the public itself.