In Canada, a criminal record just isn’t issued when a person is acquitted of against the law that they were charged with. So what is it that the State must show in an effort to maintain the defendant from being admitted to bail and then being able to bond out in the course of the pre-trial course of? The State must prove that the offense is a capital offense i.e., capital or first degree intentional murder (could also be punished by the dying penalty); and capital sexual battery (sexual penetration on a baby under 12 years previous). Or, the State must prove that the offense is one that is punishable by life imprisonment. These very severe offenses are listed in Florida Statute section 907.041. Once the State proves that the charged offense is either a capital offense or one punishable by life imprisonment, then the State has the burden to … Read more