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Commonly (but not always) a person has intentionally avoided a court appearance due to the perceived consequences of being found guilty of a crime. If a person is currently awaiting trial on Bail , their bail is revoked and a new (usually higher) bail amount is set for when they are re-arrested. If a person is found to have a bench warrant against them they are immediately taken into custody by authorities, rejailed, and a hearing is had during which a new bail is set and a new court appearance date scheduled. Often times if a person has been arrested on a bench warrant they are held without bail until such time as they can appear in court for whatever incident it was that they did not appear to address originally. Such a person is referred to as a "flight risk," meaning that there is a high likelihood that they will flee and not appear for their court date (for a second time). Bench warrants are traditionally issued by sitting Judges or Magistrates . |
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