[dragonwriter]

> Probably a judge doesn't care where it comes

It doesn't cone from anywhere, its a promise to pay (with a very streamlined enforcement process), not a transfer of funds.

> and the bail bond people see the risk the way you do but it is

There are no “bail bonds people” here, unless you mean his parents and the other two sureties.

> it is a bit weird how a person suspected of crime at this level is allowed to await their day in court in freedom while others are immediately jailed because they didn't steal enough...

Money bail is a problematic system, sure, but it also doesn't work the way you seem to think it does.