If the charge were racketeering and he had these roots in the community, I would have already set bail.

The judge said that in setting bail, "the difference between $3 million and $5 million is not the issue."

Tomorrow morning he'd go before the judge who would once again set bail, higher this time.

The judge then has a minute or two to set bail.

Instead, the judge, asserting that the 52-year-old farm worker was not a danger to the community, set bail at $40,000.

Judge White set $1,000 bail, more than he was likely to make.

For more serious cases, the judge sets bail and a new court date.

The presiding judge also decides at what amount, if any, to set bail.

The judge released or set lower bail for the other defendants.

I'm setting bail in the mount of five hundred thousand dollars, cash.