But thanks in part to this week's undeniably substantial bail-out, such attacks are currently hard to mount.
"In general, it is not reasonable to set no bail for somebody who is charged with a first-offence Class B felony who has a substantial amount of bail to post," said Richard Willstatter, the president-elect of the New York State Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers.
We made a substantial bid.
A substantial part of the bail-out has come in the form of regulatory forbearance, enabling banks to make higher profits because of reduced competition, and implicit support from central banks.
To guarantee he will remain in Switzerland, Mr. Temime said, the director has offered to post his property and a substantial amount of money as bail, and offered to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and visit police officials every day.
A bigger danger, it suggested, is that agreeing to a substantial renegotiation of Greece's bail-out conditions "would damage confidence in all euro-area agreements and treaties".Others are not so sanguine.
Prosecutors argued then that she posed "a substantial flight risk" and that no bail conditions could assure her return to court, convincing a judge to detain her without bail.
But though the prosecutors handling her case argued then that she posed "a substantial flight risk" and that no bail conditions could assure her return to court, persuading a judge to detain her without bail, after the new indictment was handed up this week, the prosecutors did not oppose her release on a $2.5 million bond.
The three judges of the court estimated that the bail amount was a substantial portion of Mr. Polanski's fortune and that given his "advanced age" — he is 76 — the "possibility of reaccumulation of fortune in this amount would not be certain".
A month later, on Monday, the appeals court accepted a defence plea that he had spent 35 months in jail, a "substantial part" of his term, and granted him bail after suspending his sentence.
