Bail can depart upward or downward depending on many factors,(county residency, criminal history, flight risk,) but the severity level of the crime determines the base or floor amount. The penalty in this case would be $15,000 per 2nd degree felony, if she is a county resident, making her bail $120,000. However, the US Constitution gaurantees her the right to a bail that is not excessive, therefore the judge lowered it to $100,000 based on his discretion. She's still looking at over 30 years inprisonment if convicted on all counts, how stupid could she be? 85 percent of Florida felony cases end in a plea bargain, so she'll probably plead out and get 1 year in a county jail, mandatory rehab, 5 years probabtion, and pay the full amount of fines which could total over $100,000, if she cooperates and drops a dime on the others that were involved. Just my .02 cents.
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