The theory was simple: set bail at an amount that somebody could afford to pay -- they would pay it -- it would give them an incentive to come back to court; it would give them some skin in the game.
La théorie était simple : fixer la caution à un montant que la personne pouvait payer -- elle payerait -- cela l'inciterait à revenir au tribunal, il aurait quelque chose à récupérer.