Issue: High bails cause some concern: North Idaho attorney calls it 'Duncan effect'/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-Review

More Info: After Duncan's arrest on triple-murder and kidnapping charges in Coeur d'Alene, reporters went to the doorstep of the Minnesota judge who had set Duncan's bail at $15,000 in a molestation case just weeks earlier. The judge has been subjected to nationwide criticism for not setting bail higher given Duncan's violent history. Relatives of Duncan's Kootenai County victims also sued the judge. Gresback believes that judges post-Duncan are setting bails higher to avoid a similar public relations – and political – nightmare.

Question: On a scale of 1 to 10 (with one being: I don't care at all), how much do you care if bail is set too high for a run-of-the-mill prisoner?

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