QUICK RECAP ON NEW S22B BAIL LAWS
Ordinarily, after being arrested and charged, an accused person will either be granted bail and released pending his/her court proceedings, or bail will be refused pending the court proceedings. Cases, can take from weeks to years to finalise.
Hence why it is understandable why a person will want to be granted bail to get on with their existing life for all sorts of legitimate reasons pending the final court outcome. This also so, when one has in mind that when charged, the presumption of innocence until proven guilty remains.
But what if a person facing very serious charge(s), decides to plead guilty or is found guilty at court, yet is waiting to be sentenced by the court? The gap between pleading guilty/being found guilty and being sentenced by the court can be weeks to months, and in some cases over a year.
